"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. what happened this morning just outside new york city is among the worst nightmares for more than one million americans who ride commuter trains to work each day. it happened at the height of the rush in hoboken, new jersey. a train filled with mostly manhattan-bound commuters failed to stop as it reached the end of the line, smashing into a barrier at high speed and into the station itself. one person was killed and more than a hundred were injured. some severely hurt. the man at the controls at the time is among the survivors and may be able to answer the question of what went so terribly wrong. nbc's tom costello has the latest from the scene. >> reporter: 8:45 a.m. >> i have heavy structural damage. i have people trapped on the train. major, major casualties. >> reporter: a violent thundering crash suddenly exploded through the morning rush in hoboken as new jersey transit train 1614 came screaming into the train station, jumped the end of

>>> "nightly news" we gins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. as we come oe to make landfall in the state of florida for the first time in 11 years. hurricane hermine is packing 75-mile-an-hour winds and there are fears of tornadoes, torrential rain, flooding and a dangerous storm surge, which has already begun. tonight multiple states of emergency across the south as this massive storm system closes in. schools and businesses are closed and millions are on alert. gabe gutierrez is in the florida panhandle for us tonight. gabe, good evening. how are things going? >> reporter: savannah, is really starting to pick up here as hermine gets closer to shore. it has really strengthened throughout the day. now florida's governor is saying that 6,000 members of the national guard are ready to mobilize if needed. tonight the outer bands of hermine are lashing the florida panhandle. torrential rain pounding the coast as authorities warn of devastating storm surge. >> this

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nicely news with lester holt. >>> good evening, i'm savannah guthrie, in for lester. as we come on the air tonight, significant developments in two cases of police shootings that have captured the nation's attention. in the city of charlotte, north carolina, tonight, a state of emergency in effect as the city pla braces for what could be a third night of violent protests after the shooting of an african american man there. and in tulsa, oklahoma, late word today that the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed african american driver last week, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter. in both cases, accounts of what happened conflict, emotions are raw, and long-simmering tensions between police and communities are in sharp focus. nbc's blake mccoy starting us off tonight with the criminal case launched today in tulsa. >> reporter: video from a police helicopter shows terence crutcher with his hands up just moments before being shot and killed by tulsa police last friday. >> sho

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nbc's miguel almaguer with the latest. >> new surveillance video obtained by nbc news is said to show terror suspect ahmad rahami saturday evening. moments after officials say the first explosive he planted in new york city went off. in the video rahami suitcase, stopping to fidle with it before continuing on. also seen, two unidentified men who allegedly took the bag, but left behind an explosive device that had been inside. investigators now want to know who they are. >> they are witnesses, there are no criminal charges, they're not in any jeopardy of being arrested. >> fuelled by hate, ahmad rahami planned his jihad for months, this according to this criminal complaint discussed on capitol a picture of what he said is rahami's bloody notebook. >> it's clear from this journal that mr. rahami was receiving inspiration from the isis spokesman. >> written inside said the fbi dwod willing the sounds of the bombs will be heard in the street. gunshots to your police, death to your oppression. the chilling look at the suspect, who is said to have watched jihadi videos paints the picture of

"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. with remarkable speed, a 48-hour reign of terror in the nation's largest metropolitan area was brought to an end today in a dramatic takedown. the man police suspect was behind bombing attacks and attempted bombings in new york city and nearby new jersey over the weekend was shot and wounded during a gun battle. this video captures 28-year-old ahmad khan rahami, an afghan-born u.s. citizen, on the run in linden, new jersey, just before he was shot today. an ied he's suspected of planting injured nearly 30 people when it exploded saturday evening in manhattan's chelsea neighborhood. the key question authorities are working to answer right now is, did he have help? we have it all covered tonight, starting with nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: the manhunt turned into a foot chase and ended in a shoot-out. ahmad khan rahami shot multiple times. >> looks like this is him. >> reporter: wheeled into an ambulance alive, after investigators say he o

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, i'm savannah guthrie, in for lester. tonight the world is getting its first glimpse into the tense and chaotic moments that unfolded in charlotte, north carolina, this week, and set off three consecutive nights of sometimes violent protests. police shot and killed a man they claim was holding a gun and failed to respond to commands. his wife tells a different story, and as it turns out, was shooting cell phone video of the incident as it happened. video that nbc has now obtained, as official police footage of the incident still isn't public at the police chief's command. we start with our gabe gutierrez and a warning, the video you're about to see is graphic and disturbing. >> don't shoot him. don't shoot him. >> reporter: tonight, new cell phone video recorded by keith scott's wife rakeyia, and obtained by nbc news, for the first time shows the moments before the 43-year-old was fatally shot. >> don't shoot him. he has no weapon. he has no we

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> we begin with breaking news of another american school shooting this time an elementary school in anderson county, south carolina. where panicked parents rushed this afternoon learning that a teacher and two children had been wounded. one student air-lifted to the hospital. not far from the school, police have also found the body of an adult, the father of a teenager who tonight is in police custody, in connection with all of this. nbc's gabe gutierrez is there and has late details. >> the chaos erupted just before 2:00, reports of an active shooter in south carolina. a heavily armed s.w.a.t. team swarming townville elementary school. >> the shooter is going to be a white male, all black clothing and blonde hair. >> police say a teenager opened fire, wounding two students and a teacher before being taken into custody. >> deputies were on scene within seven minutes. >> authorities say it happened on a playground that the shooter never entered the

now. >>>. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news," with lester holt. >> mark this as another one of those unusual days in the 2016 race for president. within hours of each other, both candidates under pressure to be more transparent have released new details about their health. hillary clinton's campaign offering up details of the pneumonia diagnosis that has sidelined her her doctor, declaring her fit to serve. donald trump, meanwhile, revealed the results of his latest medical exam, including his battle with cholesterol during a taping of the dr. oz show that will air tomorrow we know more that we did before, but what does it tell us? nbc's andrea mitchell starts us off with details. >> with hillary clinton at home for the third day, tonight her campaign providing new details about her seen nearly collapsing sunday. and the revelation that she had been diagnosed two days earlier with pneumonia, but kept it secret. today her doctor reporting a chest scan revealed a bacterial pneumonia in her right lung, for which she's taking antibiotics,

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. tonight as night falls in charlotte, north carolina, officials there are bracing and hoping there won't be a repeat of last night whens scene. violent protests, all-out chaos over the police shooting of an african-american man. the officers say he was holding a gun and did not respond to their commands. but some witnesses are telling a different story. and tonight a community is torn apart and on edge. nbc's gabe gutierrez starts us off. >> after a night of chaos, charlotte officials are now pleading for calm as conflicting stories emerge about the death one suspect down, legacy court. >> police say they were trying to serve a warrant tuesday to a different man at this apartment complex when they encountered scott, who had a gun. >> they were instructing the subject, once he got out of the vehicle to drop the weapon. >> did you see any gun on him? >> i did not, no gun, it was a book. >> this woman

"nightly news" begins >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. wells fargo, one of the nation's largest banks, is in serious trouble tonight, admitting that for years it signed is up customers for credit cards and online banking services without their knowledge, even creating fake e-mail addresses for enrollment. the company says it has fired thousands of employees who were involved in the scheme, but admission raises worrisome questions about the bank's culture. tonight regulators are hitting wells fargo with massive fines. tom costello starts us off with what customers should know. >> reporter: it was fraud on a scale that matched the size and influence of the world's largest bank. wells fargo employees opened roughly 1.5 million bank accounts and applied for more than half a million credit cards that in many cases the customers never requested or agreed to. thousands of employees motivated, say regulators, by higher compensation for generating new business. >> money might be moved from your account into some of t

tom costello, nbc news, minneapolis. we're back in a moment >>> a massive sink hole discovered in florida is raising serious safety concerns. it's about 45 feet across with depths unknown. officials say it allowed over 200 million gallons of radioactive water from a fertilizer plant to the company maintains surrounding areas are not at risk. >>> the wait is over for apple customers. the new iphone 7 hit stores today with the traditional lines wrapping around the block. but if you didn't ?d preorder, you may be out of luck. the new version has controversial changes including getting rid of the controversial headphone jack. >>> the u.n. got star power today from amal clooney, who was on hand to support one merad who survives isis captivity. she was named a goodwill ambassador for the u.n. today and also a nobel peace prize today. amal sits down with her as clooney opens up about her biggest case ever, taking isis to court. that's monday on >> making a difference is brought to you by the makers of non-drawsy claire tin. joi

"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 start tonight with two urgent government warnings about the fire risk from samsung's new he is smartphone which is already under recall. the latest came this afoo consumer product safety commission and from samsung itself, warning owners of galaxy note 7 phones to stop using them after a series of fires linked to the phone's lithium ion batteries. the alert comes on the heels of a warning from the faa against using the samsung phones on board planes, where the consequences of a burning or exploding phone could be know. >> reporter: with 2.5 million phones under recall, the faa is telling consumers to turn off their phones and don't use them. >> this happened with my note 7. >> reporter: the lithium ion batteries can explode and catch fire. the owners of this jeep say the fire started when they left the phone charging inside. tonight's new warning from the consumer products safety commission: power them down, stop charging or us

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. today donald trump publicly acknowledged what most americans have accepted at the truth for years. that president barack obama was born in the united states. trump was an outspoken voice of the birther movement which challenged obama's legitimacy as president. today without apology trump admitted the president is a natural born american, and in the same breath, managed to wrongly accuse hillary clinton of first launching the discredited movement. tonight clinton is leading the growing outrage among democrats. we have two reports tonight, let's start with nbc's hallie jackson. hallie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. among the many conspiracy theories donald trump has talked about, few topics as central to his early political identity. even after his campaign tried to speak for him this last couple weeks, we heard nothing definitive from the candidate himself behind me, on the campaign trail in miami, until today. donald trump t

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is numbers "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, we beginning with a story breaking here in new york city this evening. a horrific attack during the height of the rush in mid town manhattan that sparked fears initially it might have been terrorism. it involved a man with a meat cleaver who attacked police and was shot multiple times. it sparked panic, sending hoards of people running from the scene near madison square garden and pen station. reheema ellis has the latest. >> reporter: during tonight's crowded rush hour, just blocks from new york's pen station. >> you can see a lot of police activity going on down here. >> reporter: officials say two proffers were attacked by what's being attacked as a cleaver. one of them struck in the face. the officers fired at the suspect near the bustling commuter hub, wounding him. the two officers and the suspect were transported to a hospital, one in serious to critical condition. and the other two with injuries that do not appear to be life-threatenin

miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> absolutely chilging. when we come back, follow the bouncing ball. >>> here's something you have to see to believe. what is that giant thing rolling over streets and cars in the middle of a city? it's actually a huge balloon replica of the moon that was on display at a festival in china. but high winds from typhoon meranti fortunately no balloon-related injuries are reported. >>> something you might want to keep in mind before you book your next flight, for the second year in a row, alaska airlines was ranked the best domestic airlines by consumer advocates. it's based on mishandled bags and on-time arrivals. delta and jetblue round out the top three. >>> former house speaker john boehner is a smoker is made no is fitting. he's joined the board of tobacco giant reynolds american. his company is trying to speed the decline in tobacco use by young people, a goal boehner supports. >>> when we come back, we'll stop by a most unusual museum that tells stories of what might have been. >>> "nbc nightly news" is b

"nightly news" begins next. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news with lester holt." >> good evening, i'm kate snow in for lester. for millions up and down the east coast, the holiday not what they expected. high winds from hermine closed down beaches and forced a lot of people to leave the water on this labor day. businesses that rely on summer tourist dollars are still being tallied. gabe gutierrez is on new york's long island. >> reporter: tonight the stubborn storn is off the east coast, bringing fierce waves and rip currents. >> the winds's coming from the north and when you're out on the beach, it's hard to keep your head up and look. >> reporter: the storm is two but a tropical storm is under effect. >> i had taken the 9:30 ferry over and it was cancelled. >> reporter: after hermine made landfall in florida on friday, it's been blamed for two deaths, hundreds of thousands of people are left without power. >> on its way to personally, the cruz ship anthem of the seas rocked by hermine's waves. going all over the place, it was prett

"nightly news" begins right now. >> this is "nbc nightly news". lester holt from washington. >> good evening, a cold case confession from minnesota appears to bring a 27-year-old murder mystery that gripped the nation to an end as a family who lived with decades of uncertainty finally learnedha jacob's parents finally learned what happened. the man who said he did it described what happened on that october day in 1989. what you're about to hear is disturbing. nbc stephanie gosk has the story. >> jacob, i'm so sorry. it's incredibly painful to know his >> reporter: today, patty finally learned what happened to jacob, 27 years ago, leaving the country shell-shocked. >>. >> this is one more day of agony for population 3200 in minnesota. >>>. >> reporter: he described in detail how he says he kidnapped and sexually abused the young boy. according to reporters in court, he told the judge i was driing on a dead-end road. i noticed three children on their at the time, jacob's brother described how the two of them and a friend were held at gun point. >> h

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. under two months to go and every day matters. the polls narrowing, and the clinton campaign with a power hitter today, president obama to pinch-hit for the still ailing candidate in pennsylvania. a state that would be key to her fortunes. a fired-up president obama delivering a blistering attack on donald trump who has gained some ground, but still trails in our latest poll. hillary clinton's bout with pneumonia comes at a critical time and presents difficult strategy choices in the countdown to the first debate, just under two weeks away. we have reports from both campaigns tonight. nbc's andrea mitchell leads off our coverage. good evening, andrea. >> reporter: good evening, lester. tonight we've learned hillary clinton will resume her campaign travel on thursday. she stayed home, resting today, but got some major league backup. tonight hillary clinton, sidelined at home, losing critical campaign time. with 56 days to go and the first debate

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