"nightly news" begins >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. we begin with an nbc news exclusive about election day, just five days away, and the deep concern that has the nation's intelligence services on edge tonight. with all of us transfixed on the tight race between hillary clinton and donald trump, we've learned the government has been quietly, but urgently, taking unprecedented steps to deal with the possit sew confusion and throw the american election into chaos. and would-be attackers may have already offered a disturbing preview. nbc news senior investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden has details. >> reporter: officials in the department of homeland security, the military, and the intelligence community tell nbc news the u.s. government is gearing up for an unprecedented effort to protect the country on election day. u.s. officials are deeply concerned about and preparing for some sort of cyber chaos next week. current and former officials say an attack on critical infrastructure, including the u.s.

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening from our nbc news election center. there are four days to go. and tonight donald trump and hillary clinton are playing the end game. they head into the final weekend of the race battling through a deafening echo chamber of polls. hyper-focused on the states and the voters they think can turn this close election their way. for trump, it means electoral speed dating as he races to nearly a dozen states between now and the election. while for clinton it's a strategic defense to what she hopes will be a firm path to victory. let's begin with nbc's andrea mitchell. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. the pace is picking up. hillary clinton hitting three major cities in battleground states. the clinton team revealing what they hope is a winning strategy going into this final weekend. hillary clinton tonight trying to protect democratic territory. rallying voters in states barack obama won easily four years ago. in pennsylvania --

why it's happening and >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. six days into the trump transition with the president-elect holed up with his team inside his tower here in manhattan, there are major signs of strain emerging. first came word of a shake-up at the top of the transition team. now comes word of a purge, with some out. all of it happening as donald trump and his team face a massive test of filling powerful cabinet jobs and preparing to take over the white house with the far-reaching federal government. it's where we begin tonight with nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: as president-elect donald trump huddled inside trump tower with vice president-elect mike pence, signs the trump transition may be in turmoil. former congressman mike rogers, who had been advising trump on national security abruptly announcing his departure, that exit. >> i think he did a great job for many, many months under governor christie's leadership, and we're grateful to them for doing that. >> reporter: but sources telling nbc news,

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. the october surprise that rocked the race for president on friday may not have rocked it enough to move the needle with voters, at least not yet. the new nbc news/survey monkey poll shows hillary clinton ahead of donald trump by six points in a four-way match-up. notably, there is no change between the monday through friday numbers and those from over the weekend after the news broke that the fbi was looking into newly discovered e-mails related to hillary clinton's time as secretary of state. fbi director james comey made his surprising announcement before those e-mails had been examined. but tonight nbc news has learned that process is under way. our pete williams has been breaking developments in the story all weekend, and has late details for us. >> reporter: the fbi's been at it now for about 24 hours, starting the work just after getting a search warrant to analyze the thousands of e-mails discovered on former congressman's anthony weine

. >> from nbc news world head quarter in new york. this is nbc nightly news, kate snow. >> good evening, throughout the campaign of donald trump, reince priebus, he will run trump's white house as chief of staff. halie jackson has the latest. >> donald trump making his first presidential pick for chief of staff, priebus and steve ba bannon. >> we are grateful in trump world to bannon and priebus. you will see them work together. >> bannon considered a flame thrower who h helped orchestrate trump's rivalry on tuesday. >> the pick of priebus already settling nerves inside the belt built relationships with the party head. he's too establishment for the president elect trump's west wing. one campaign source telling nbc news, instead of draining the swamp, we just put in the head alligator. >> even if he turns it over to an independent trustee and it was the trump corporation, you cannot, there is no perfay >> in the business of governing, house speaker paul ryan is trying to find a common ground. >> during his campaign, trump said he woul

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>>nbc nightly news is next. we'll see you at 8 on gray 38 >>> on this sunday night, breaking news, president elect trump's first major appointments of his and continued protests. >> new zealand is rocked by a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake, the full extent of the earthquake is still not known and an inside look of how this country's largest police force had officers over seas. fighting pain for ten of millions trying to find relieves. a new study of some of used painkillers. "nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world head quarter in new york. this is nbc nightly news, kate snow. >> good evening, throughout the campaign of donald trump, reince priebus, he will run trump's white house as chief of staff. halie jackson has the his first presidential pick for chief of staff, rnc reince priebus and steve bann bannon. >> we are grateful in trump world to bannon and priebus. you will see them work together. >> bannon considered a flame thrower who he helped orchestrate trump's rivalry on nerves inside the belt

harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> and that will do it for us on this for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. >>> breaking news -- a child seriously hurt after witnesses with say the victim was hit and dragged by a school bus. a live update from the scene. >>> questions remain about those five ballot questions you voted on. we'll tell you what you need to >>> only on 3, surveillance video showing an armed robbery suspect terrorizing local businesses. the unexpected hero who took him down. >>> and they are under executive protection for now. but as president-elect donald trump vows to rea people protection for immigrants brought here as southern. what do southern nevada dreamers in the south valley. >> let's get right out there to faith jessie. what have you learned about this child? >> reporter: well, witnesses are telling me that around 2:40 p.m., the school bus behind me was bringing kids back home from school from aldine elementary when it hit a young girl riding a bike. now, metro and ccsd police were on the scene shortly after. one witness who lives in t

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. seven days to go until election day and both hillary clinton and donald trump are on the offense and on message. clinton trying to pivot from the surprise fbi e-mail probe, to make an appeal to women voters, while trump is renewing his vow to repeal obamacare. and there's less time in this race than those seven days may suggest due to early voting now under way. a record 26 million americans have already voted, that's twice as many than we saw at this point four years ago. in a few minutes, chuck todd will update us on the state of the race, but first to the campaign trail, starting with andrea mitchell in florida. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this is not where the clinton campaign expected to be with one week to go. again tonight back in florida, trying to distract attention from the e-mail controversy by revving up their attacks against donald trump. tonight hillary clinton under renewed fire over her

i am kate snow reporting from new york. from all of us here on nbc news, have a great ? >>> right now she's being protected by a rigged system. you can't review 650,000 emails in eight days and now it's up to the american people to deliver >> on the one hand you have somebody who may be the most qualified person ever to run for the presidency. on the other hand, you've got the donald. >> a sunday bomb shell, that the fbi's review of hillary clinton's emails found nothing new at donald trump calls the system rigged again while

nbc news. >>> and that is going to do it for us on this friday. the end of a long political season that has touched the range of people's emotions and beliefs and, at times, challenged their patience with each other. it's fitting we close out this week on veterans day. a fresh reminder of those among us who on a daily basis defend the very freedoms that ensure our rights to be heard and to vote. let's be grateful to them. enjoy the weekend, everybody, and we'll see you back here for a brand-new week on monday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. >> jim: right now on "news 3 live at six." a bike ride, ten k run, amarathon all on this veterans day weekend. tens of thousands will take part which means lots of road closures for drivers. >> reed: video of metro police using non-lethal methods to take down a violent suspect even outside a gas station. >> jim: we're keeping close watch on the condition of the 7-year-old girl hit and dragged by a school bus. how she is doing tonight >> announcer: news 3 star

nbc news. >>> and that is going to do it for us on this friday. the end of a long political season that has touched the range of people's emotions and beliefs and, at times, challenged their patience with each other. it's fitting we close out this week on veterans day. a fresh reminder of those among us who on a daily basis defend the very freedoms that ensure our rights to be heard and to vote. let's be grateful to them. enjoy the weekend, everybody, and we'll see you back here for a brand-new week on monday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. ♪ shootin >>> we begin with some breaks news. a fiasco on the north bay after a shooting. you can see a traffic tie up slow down at 6:00 right on the dot when people are trying to get home to start their weekend. the police investigation is going on right now. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> the friday rush hour is a bit lighter than usual on this veteran's day but it's still a mess and will be for the next several hours. this is live over the scene o

kelly o'donell, nbc news, cleveland. >> our special nbc news election coverage begins on tuesday night. another developing story of the unfolding drama in south carolina where police say the suspect in that kidnapping there has confessed to four murder and may have killed even more people south carolina and that is latest. >> reporter: this property revealed gruesome secrets. authorities found another body. two shallow graves on his land. >> we are in the process of trying to get that person removed from here and investigation. >> he confessed four murder and employees gunned down. >> the victim's loved ones watched as he stood before a judge. >> melissa ponder's husband was one of the victims. >> give me closure to know what happened that day. it would not bring the peace that you would think that one would >> scott's mother, beverley was also murdered. they found caleb brown locked in chains in a storage. late last night, authorities announced they identified remains found in another shallow grave. >> multiple gunshot wounds. >> officials say he continues to corroborate. as for a mot

commander told nbc news u.s.-backed iraqi troops have only reached the outskirts of mosul, iraq, where isis fighters are putting up resistance so fierce that some at the pentagon are calling it stalingrad. so far trump only providing simple solutions. >> i'd blow up every single inch. there would be nothing left. >> reporter: then there's iran. p the obama administration worked so hard to negotiate. >> to dismantle the disastrous deal with iran. >> reporter: but it's a six-party agreement, also with europe, china, and russia, who are unlikely to agree to follow trump's lead. and finally, israel. >> my friend, congratulations on being elected president of the united states. >> reporter: trump made some big promises to jewish audiences before the elections. >> we will move the the eternal capital of the jewish people, jerusalem. >> reporter: but if he keeps that promise, palestinians who also consider jerusalem to be their capital could reignite violence in that powder keg of a city. overseas there is more than jus

kerry sanders, nbc news, miami. >>> there is sad news to report tonight, gwen ifill, anchor of you news anchor and washington week on pbs and a former nbc news correspondent has died after a long battle with cancer. she was just 61 years old and many around here have lost a good friend and a treasured colleague. while the world of journalism has lost a trail blazer. we get more on her life and legacy from pete williams. >> good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> reporter: one of the most successful african american women in journalism, co-anchor of the pbs news hour and moderator of the network's washington week. >> the greater vulnerability was on things like the tax return. >> reporter: the daughter of a methodist minister, she started as a newspaper reporter in boston where she faced racism on the job. she moved on to the baltimore evening sun, the washington post and the new york times before becoming a television correspondent, joining nbc news in 1994, to cover congress and politics. >> involving the president, the first lady, and their political supporters. >> reporter: then came the sw

intelligence sources tell nbc news it's all hands on deck. an unprecedented plan, top secret facilities, secure locations underground, and a massive show of force in new york city, where team clinton, team trump and the eyes of the world will converge. we have it all covered, our team is in place. "nightly news" begins right now. >> good evening from the nbc news election center, tomorrow we elect a president, and for many it can't come soon enough after a campaign that has repeatedly turned modern history on its head. as we near the 11th hour of the race, our latest polling the nbc news survey monkey puts hillary clinton ahead in a four-way race with 47%. donald trump at 41%. but this is a battle that hinges on a handful of states and tonight barely 24 hours before the first poll closings and with the electoral maps still influx, clinton and trump are on the move making their closing arguments and planning big late night finishes. we have expanded coverage of the state of the race on this election eve. we start with nbc's andrea mitchell in

"nightly news" begins >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening from the nbc news election center. tomorrow, we lekt a president. for many, it can't come soon enough after a campaign that has repeatedly turned modern history on its head. as he near the 11th hour of the race, our latest polling puts hillary clinton ahead in a four-way race with 47%. but this is a battle that hinges on a handful of states. and tonight barely 24 hours before the first poll closings, and with the electoral map still in flux, clinton and trump are on the move, making their closing arguments and planning big, late-night finishes. we have expanded coverage of the state of the race on this election eve. we start with nbc's andrea mitchell in philadelphia and the clinton campaign. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. often painful 18 months until the very last moment clouded by her choice to use personal e-mails. but now hillary clinton clearly feels she's on the verge of going where no woman has ever gone. hillary clinton

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, helena, alabama. trying to figure out what caused a deadly crash between a school bus and a transit bus earlier this morning in baltimore. six people were killed, including the school bus driver. officials say there were no children on the bus at the time. officials say they're looking into whether the school bus driver suffered some sort of medical emergency before striking a pillar and plowing into oncoming traffic. >>> a hacking alert software giant microsoft. intelligence sources tell nbc news, hackers previously linked to the russian government are exploiting a vulnerability in its windows operating system for cyberattacks, the same group u.s. intelligence believes is responsible for hacking the democratic national committee. as nbc news senior investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden explains, microsoft has been in the kremlin's crosshairs for quite some time now. ?? >> reporter: over the last several vladimir putin has engaged in a series of provocative moves, according to the u.s. governme

"nightly news" begins >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. there is profound grief and bewilderment in a tennessee community rocked by a school bus crash that took the lives of five elementary-aged children late yesterday. there's also shock over the apparent circumstances. the 24-year-old driver of the bus stands charged with their deaths, accused by police of recklessly speeding before the bus careened out of control and wrapped tonight, with as many as a dozen kids hospitalized, we're learning details of the driver's history and details of the young lives that were so suddenly taken. nbc's kerry sanders has the latest from chattanooga. >> reporter: tonight, a community in mourning, remembering the five lives lost in monday's tragic school bus crash. >> he was hurt. one of them was bleeding bad. one of them had passed out. >> reporter: the driver of that bus, walker has been charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, reckless driving and reckless endangerment. according to the affidavit, walker was drivin

blake mccoy, nbc news, chicago. >>> nbc news meteorologist dylan dryer is here with us. we're about to get hit with one of the busiest travel periods. where should people be on the lookout for the bad stuff? >> the pacific northwest and the midwest, that's where the next two storms are moving through. if we start on wednesday, for those of you traveling by air, we could see most of our delays across the midwest. mostly in the chicago area, because of poor visibility and also the possibility of seeing some heavier pockets of rain. in the pacific northwest, we'll see occasional showers during the day in seattle, but then heavier rain starts to move in overnight. if you're traveling by road, especially through the tennessee and ohio river valleys from chicago to nashville, we could see rain and storms early on. then improving conditions later in the day. the mountain passes in the pacific northwest, because of the snow, will cause significant slowdowns as well. as we go into thanksgiving itself, most of the country will see improvements, but we're still looking at possible