stephanie gosk, nbc news, montreal. >>> let's turn now to an nbc news investigation into a company accused of putting profits over patients. a new senate report uncovered the disturbing tactics the company used to promote a powerful opioid drug, promising big bonuses to its sales team and even paying doctors. nbc's catie beck has details. >> a lot more oversight. >> reporter: senator claire mccaskill's investigation reveals how the drug company insys promoted its subsys drug, up to 100 times more powerful than morphine. this is the payout scheme they've outlined. >> this is so unbelievable. what they're saying to their sales representatives is it's not enough that you get a doctor to prescribe it. we're going to pay you five times as much if you can get him to prescribe the strongest dose possible. >> reporter: the document shows the payout for drug reps was $283 for 100 microgram prescription and jumped to more than $1,800 for the highest dose, another tactic used, funneling money to doctors for speaking events to try and boost prescriptions. some of the company e-mails -- "own your terri

nbc's joe fryer has the story. but first, a warning the language is offensive. >> reporter: the flight had not yet departed when emotions took off. >> if you don't i'll put you there. >> reporter: this unidentified man was directing his comments toward 77-year-old delcey gayle. >> i feel really, really depressed about it. >> reporter: it ryanair from barcelona to london.g to move when a passenger started recording this video, gayle's daughter was in a heated exchange with the man. >> don't you dare talk to her. >> don't you tell me what to do. >> reporter: things escalated between the man and gail. >> don't talk to me in a [ bleep ] foreign language you cow. >> will you stop? >> i will carry on. >> reporter: eventually gayle moved to another seat. >> what have i done? i haven't done anything to attack me because of the color of my skin. >> reporter: a flight attendant told the man to calm down but gayle is upset he was allowed to stay on the flight. ryanair says it has reported it to the police who are investigatin

nbc's tammy leitner is there. tough. >> reporter: the bay side community of lynn haven was one of president trump's y. people have been lining up for two days just to apply for temporary housing with fema. gordie pierce and his family rode out the storm in their home, now mostly gone. are you guys staying in the house? >> we have to. we have no place else to go now. >> reporter: for now, many are coming to this distribution center run by volunteers. mayor margo anderson says the president promised action. >> i asked him for expediting a generator here so we can get our water plant going. >> reporter: but tonight, dozens still unaccounted for. some even spelling out "help" to attract slowly start to idents rebuild. tammy leitner, nbc news, lynn haven, florida.tom costello. amid abs devastation in mexico mother nature. this newly-built concrete home sitting on pilings withstood 155-mile-per-hour winds and waves. >> the house was built out of a lot of anxieties and paranoia, to build something that would survive. >>

here's nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres. >> reporter: tonight, doctors and parents reason alert as more children develop a mysterio mysterious paralysis. >> might never regain full recovery of her arms. >> reporter: nbc news reached out to health departments across the country and learned that so far year there are at least 84 cases being investigated in 25 states. >> we have been following children with this condition since 2014. majority continue to have some element of disability or weakness, even four years out from onset. >> if this can happen to our family it can happen to anyone. >> reporter: we met 3-year-old carter roberts two years ago, just weeks after he was diagnosed. >> he strikes me as a tough kid. but like half of the children, carter never recovered. and three weeks ago, he passed away. his mother now warning all parents to be aware of the symptoms. >> be vigilant in looking out for, you know, arms or legs not working, that floppy head, respiratory symptoms that don't seem, you know, consistent

here is nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. sweep president trump into the white house. a self-made billionaire with a little help from his real estate mogul father. >> i started off in a small office with my father in brooklyn and queens. >> reporter: but an explosive report by "the new york times" paints a very different picture. "the times" obtained tends of thousands of pages of financial records, documents nbc news has not had the opportunity to independently review. it found that mr. trump and his father built their fortune by engaging in a, quote, pattern of deception and obfuscation, saying much of this money came to mr. trump because he helped his parents dodge taxes. he and his siblings set up a sham corporation to disguise millions of dollars of gifts from their parents. the paper's entire investigation documented for showtime. >> fred trump's estate tax return is in the building right now. it's incredible that we have it. that opened the door. once you sort of pull the string,thing un candidate trump boasted -- >> m

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nbc news medical correspondent dr. tohn ez. >> reporter: when je drine anderson had cancer, she chose an r pproach with a smallecision. >> i wanted to be back to my family as quick as possible and as a physician, i wanted to get back to my patients. >> reporter: 16 months back and she's r came fighting for her life. two major studies in a new england journal of medicine find minimally invasive surgery for cervical cancer doubles the risk of death compared to tditional surgery. study author dr. pray droe -- padro ramirez sayramirez s >> the study resul are so stunning, researchers say it could mean scrutiny overusing less invasive surgery for other types of cancer. dr. john torres, nbc news. >>> how many times has it happened? the number on the d caller i.d. looks familiar so you answer. they are known as robo calls. some of us have more colorful names for them but how to stop them? tonight, inside the t including the app that lets you thwart those annoying calls while exacting a little bit of payback. here is nbc news

for all of us at nbc towing troubles. how a south bay city is taking some of the sting out of >>> right now at 6:00, how a south bay city is taking some of the sting out of getting towed. >>> also number one in the country. san francisco tops a new list, but it's not a flattering one. >>> but first, the fbi investigation could wrap up tonight, but a bay area man who roomed with supreme court nominee brett cakavah feds. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> the fbi has been instructed to wrap up its investigation by friday. as of tonight, palo alto's christine blasey ford has not been questioned by the feds. >> but the fbi may interview another person from the bray area, jamie coach. today he spoke with marianne favro about the sexual assault allegations and the investigation. >> reporter: jamie roach is now a ceo of a bay area company and today he told me he expects the fbi to talk to him about allegations from a second accuser, debra ramirez. she alleges kavanaugh exposed himself to her while they were both students at y

for more on that, we turn to nbc's stephanie gosk. stephanie, how much of a threat are jewish institutions across the country facing? >> reporter: well, lester, security's beefed up at this synagogue in new york, like others around the country. the reality is that anti-semitism is on the rise with dramatic spikes in just the last couple of years. robert bowers' anti-semitic rants as he gunned down the faithful in pittsburgh were fueled online, in chat rooms and on social media, where like-minded hate thrives. for an increasing number of american jews, the holocaust references and celebration of genocide found on the internet are not just aberrations, but a fact of everyday life. >> the problem that we have today is not that anti-semitism is here. it has always existed. but now the extremists seem to have a license to operate. >> reporter: the anti-defamation league reports that after years of steady decreases, there has dramaticcidents, up nearly 60% between 2016 and 2017 including assaults, harassment, and vandalism. jewish community

for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. suspicious packages showa postal facility on the ♪ >>> right now at 6:00, the bomb scare investigation across the country is now hitting the bay area. suspicious packages show up at a postal facility on the peninsula and in sacramento. this as the fbi announces an arrest and issues a warning that this might not be over. good evening and thanks for being with us on this friday. >> we are learning a lot more about the man accused of sending these explosive packages. an amateur bodybuilder and former male stripper from south florida. he has an extinsive criminal record but seemed to have little interest in politics until donald trump ran for president. his name, cesar sayoc. he's been charged with five federal crimes. accused of mailing 14 packages, possibly more to some of president trump's most well known critics. his media accounts are full of posts supporting the president and blasting democrats including george soro he's been arrested before. he pleaded guilty. take a look at wher

ron len, nbc news, bedford, new york. t >> late today, presidump criticized saudi arabia for covering up the murder of jamal khashoggi, as new details were revealed about the plot to kill "the washington st" journalist, and his son came face-to-face with the saudi crown prince. nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in istanbul. >> reporter: saudi crown prince muhammad bin salman on the right, greeting the son of the man turkey says saudi arabia killed in cold blood, jamal khashoggi. in washington, president trump accused saudi arabia of not murdering the journalist,t admitted that. but doing it badly. >> it was carried out poorly and the coverup was one of the worst in the history of coverups. very simple. >> reporter: turkey's ed president call it premeditated murder. president erdogan says saudi agents set their plot to kill khashoggi in motion in t four days leading up to his death. assembling a team, en scouting out two locations to ditch the body. at 1:14,hashoggi arrived at the consulate. then this guy em

miguel almaguer, nbc news. than a road. it's a line that divides the people of kansas city but many chan. we'll be back. >>> welcome back to kansas city, missouri, on a crisp fall evening on our across america journey. we're framed tonight by the kansas city skyline. that's union station in the foreground and towering before us, the dramatic world war i museum. one of the points of pride here is the free streetcar that run as two-mile trek through the city. since voters approved it in 2012 it's meant a lot more business and investment in the city, and some progress, though, does have its limits as one street in particular has come to symbolize. >> when i was running, i said that people treat truest avenue like it's the 't garcation line of across it. >> reporter: kansas city's mayor sly james is fighting history and today's reality. >> police found a man lying on the sidewalk near 43rd and troost and he later died. >> troost used to be a very active commercial area and became the dividing line purposely to keep those who we

pete suratos, nbc bay area news. >> a lot going on there, pete. thank you. >>> another suspicious package discovered. this one sent to cnn's headquarters in atlanta. in fact, we have new video from the scene. cnn's president says the package was caught at an atlanta post office. no longer is there any danger. officials say the package seemed similar to others sent over the last few weeks. two other suspicious packages were sent to cnn in new york. in the meantime, the man accused of sending 14 explosive devices to democratic leaders, along with cnn, is in court right now. 56-year-old cesar sayoc is facing 48 years in prison. fbi agents arrested him friday after they say investigators traced his fingerprints from two packages. sayoc is appearing in federal court in miami, but he is expected to be prosecuted in new york city. that's because five of the 14 suspicious packages found were discovered in the federal district covering manhattan. authorities say one of those packages was found at a burling gate post office on friday. we, in fact, covered i

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on the rising catastrophe. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: there are new flash flood watches in effect until thursday night. some local officials calling these flood waters historic. the raging rivers rose quickly, roaring downstream. >> there's nowhere for water to go. >> reporter: central texas north of austin, dramatic rescues after days of torrential rain. 20-year-old jackie anderson trapped driving to work. >> we decided that we were going to swim across and get out to her. i just told her to go ahead and get on my back and wrap her arms around me. >> reporter: authorities found another body. the second death since the lanno river started flooding on monday. >> you're going to see more rain, another one to three inches. while that doesn't sound like a lot, on already saturated ground this could be devastating. >> reporter: devastating because the llano river rose 35 feet in 24 hours, crushing this bridge and ravaging these towns. >> watching $80,000 boats cascading down the river, it was just unreal. >> r

nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres takes us to one hospital using an experimental surgery offering new hope. >> reporter: just two years ago playing catch would have been impossible for 9-year-old skyla sandoval. >> nice. >> reporter: a polio-like illness caused her right arm to become paralyzed. doctors said it may never get better. >> it was really difficult. i mean, really difficult to hear. we were praying for a solution. >> reporter: doctors are scrambling to help a growing number of children with acute flaccid myelitis. now doctors at a california hospital are pioneering a special surgery that rewires the body taking healthy nerves and attaching them to muscles that have stopped working. >> what we are doing is basically bypassing the area that is not working with a new power source. >> reporter: dr. mitchell saruoa says it works best for upper body paralysis within a year of diagnosis. he has now treated 15 children. all of them have been successful including skyla. >> she actually comes to us and sh

we get details from nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres. >> got it actually really bad on my hands, really bad on my feet. >> reporter: it's a tell tale sign of hand, foot-and-mouth disease, painful blisters analytalong with a fever and sore throat caused by a virus. now college students are reporting hundreds of cases. >> are you washing your hands a lot now? >> oh, absolutely. we don't even do handshake anymore. >> reporter: so far, there's 132 cases at johns hopkins in baltimore. other colleges reporting outbreaks include dartmouth, lehigh, marist, wesleyan and mars hill in north carolina. >> we all knew what it was right away when we saw it, but when the numbers started to accumulate, that's when we all started to say, okay, this is very unusual. >> reporter: the outbreak is caused by an uncommon strain of the virus that most students were never exposed to as kids. now one more reason for college students to practice good hygiene and avoid getting this miserable disease. dr. john torres, nbc news. >>> coming up next, the ki

tammy leitner, nbc news, miami. bizarre to the new twist in the murder of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi, part of the coverup caught on camera. a body double trying he left the consulate alive. and this just in a senior u.s. intelligence official confirms to nbc news cia director gina haspel is headed to turkey for the khsahoggi investigation. our chief foreign corresrdndent ric engel has details. >> reporter: saudi arabia denie it ordered jamal khashoggi to be killed, officials a y ght broke out and he ended up dead but tonight reports an advisor to the saudi crown prince was on skype with the killers giving orders. the advisor was fired last week. turkey says saudi arabia brutally er mu him and ordered the coverup. officials leaked security footage of this man walking around istanbul after khashoggi was dead dressed in his clothing and glasses and tonit a ogovernment tv station here aired this saying there is saudi officials burning documents at their consulate after khashoggi's murder. turkey se arm

peter alexander nbc news the white house. >>> this is pete williams in washington. if this were a crimin investigate investigatioene,, fbi agents would follow information wherever it takes th t y find new leads and say this. >> we will leave no stone unturned. >> we will leave no stone unturned. in> reporter: it's not a crimal case for this background investigation of brett kavanaugh. the white house decides which stes turnover. the fbi is working like a private eye in a background investigation and the white use is the client specifying what to look at. >> i have not seen the white house control a reopening of a background investigation to this degree. this seems to be an attempt to unusually control not only the interviewshat could be done but the investigative steps the burro could take. >> reporr: another difference the fbi cannot force anyone to answer questions, cooperation is voluntary. in the meantime, the supreme court veitself remains a the fray opening the new term today. the remaining justices took their place this morng in eight chairs behind the court

she brought that to nbc. that's who she was when they hired her. >> what did nbc continuing was getting? . >> exactly, exactly. and this has been a -- you know, a narrative in all of this coverage that, you know, she may have convinced herself she could do this morning thing. she may have convinced nbc executives, but they should have -- they should have used a little more intraspective and knew what they were getting, and so you put her in that -- in the demographics of morning tv and daytime tv have changed, so you know, her style worked very well at fox news. she was a tough interviewer. she was really a strong interviewer. and so that didn't fit with daytime tv. she was bringing all of that to the 9:00 a.m. hour of "today" and it was causing all sorts of problems. >> i understand the debate, and maybe it wasn't a great fit but at the same time, seems the way which she was pushed out over this and despite the apology was brutal. >> it was brutal, and -- but they let her go on and apologize. >> and she had

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> more to come. we'll tell you about the battle forcing a wwe superstar to take a break from the ring. >>> and the terrifying moment an escalator suddenly speeds out of control. >>> caught on camera, an escalator speeding out of control, throwing and crushing riders into a huge pileup on the floor of a subway station. this happened in rome. reports say it was a mechanical malfunction that left as many as 30 people injured, many of them russian soccer fans. heading to a match. >>> now to the wrestling superstar who stunned his fans with an 'medicatiemotional anno on live television. roman reins, one of the biggest stars in the wwe, going public with a private battle and stepping away from the ring. we get his story from joe fryer. >> about to find out. >> reporter: for the world wrestling entertainment star known as roman reins, this bottle is not part of any story line. >> i've been living with leukemia for 11 years and unfortunately, it's back. >> reporter: on usa's network "monday night raw," he re

nbc news has reached out to the other two and has not heard back. should brett kavanaugh be interviewed by the fbi? >> i think so. i think it's fine if they do. i tell you what. i happen to know some united states senators, one who is on the other side, who is pretty aggressive. i've seen that person in very, very bad situations. somewhat compromising. and you know, i think it's very unfair to bring up things likeident refu elaborate on that charge. tonight, no word whether kavanaugh has been interviewed. so far, ford has not. peter alexander, nbc news, the white house. >> reporter: this is pete williams in washington. if this were a criminal investigation, fbi agents would follow information wherever it takes them as they find new leads. they would be saying this. >> we will leave no stone unturned. >> we will leave no stone unturned. >> reporter: but it's not a criminal case. for this reopened background investigation of brett kavanaugh, the white house decides which stones to turn over. the fbi is working like a private eye in a background invest

matt bradley, nbc news, pittsburgh. >>> and that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. we will continue to bring you the latest on the tragedy in pittsburgh tomorrow morning on "today." and when kate snow anchors "nightly news" tomorrow night from pittsburgh. i'm jose diaz-balart reporting from new york. thank you for the privilege of your time. we leave you with scenes from that gathering in pittsburgh tonight. a vigil with a jewish prayer for healing in a city shaken. ♪ ♪ the renewal of body ♪ ♪ the renewal of spirit ♪ miss ps a somber day across the local synagogues, on high alert... after a mass shooting claims the lives of 11 people. s right good evening and thanks for joining us. i )m anoushah rasta. and i )m terry mcsweeney. a vigil in san francisco.... just a few hours away... as police step up patrols. nbc bay area )s sergio quintana is live at congregation emanu el in san francisco this evening with more... now to the latest out of

nbc news. >>> now to the new alert about the flu. word of the first pediatric flu death of the season. as doctors encourage people to get their shots, our medical correspondent john torres goes inside the lab where they're on the front lines of the flu fight. >> reporter: we put on protective clothing before we're taken inside a highly secure lab, where scientists are creating this year's flu shot. our equipment, sanitized, because just one rogue germ because ruin the entire batch. >> this is really to protect the product, not to protect you. >> reporter: the dilemma for these scientists, the vaccine was only 25% effective against the most common and deadly flu strain last year, h-3 n-2. this year, scientists making a vaccine they hope protects better. >> it's a guessing game, right? >> it's like reading the future. we look at somewhat has happened over the past months, the past flu season, and make an educated guess on where they think these strains are going. >> reporter: the cdc warning no matter how effective, everyone needs a fl

you can see nbc bayoverhead. now, witnesses tell us the suspect is dead following a fight with deputies. that witness says that suspect is dead and that suspect died in the hospital. now, no shots were fired as deputies took him into custody. we do have crews on the scene, and we're still awaiting an official response from the sheriff's department there in millbrae. >>> let's turn to our weather. a live look in san jose this evening. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri's been tracking where that rain is moving through the bay area, and jeff, what do you think? >> it is one of those events where some areas are getting rain and others are not. it's very scattered at this point. there are still going to be some chances here as we take you into the next couple of hours, where it's been raining the hardest right now. storm ranger on mobile doppler raid where its live scan is showing the heaviest rainfall here just south of tracy. this is where they've been pelted with hail, also lightning strikes. there's another batch o

nbc bay area responds, next. as a supervisor at pg&e, it's my job to protect public safety, keeping the powerlines clear while also protecting the environment. the natural world is a beautiful thing. the work that we do helps protect it. public education is definitely a big part of our job, to teach our customers about the best type of trees to plant around the powerlines. we want to keep the power on for our customers. we want to keep our communities safe. this is our community. this is where we live. we need to make sure that we have a beautiful place for our children to live. together, we're building a better california. "one" shirt to get it dry- cleaned, and found himself out six hund >>> welcome back. nbc bay area responds to a san francisco man who took in one shirt to get dry cleaned and found himself with a $600 bill. >> consumer investigator chris chmura's team ironed out the dispute. >> good morning. yep, there was $600 on the line here for just one dress shirt that was worn just once. how is that? joe

nbc's cynthia mcfadden hahis story. r eporter: jason kander is 37 years old. today, he made a hard decision, and a brave one. he will not run for mayor of kansas city. it's the reason that has drawn national attention. in an open letter released today, kander, an afghanistan hewar veteran, say has post traumatic stress disorder. after 11 years of trying to outrun depression and ptsd symptoms, he writes, iha finally concluded that it's faster than me. so i have to stop running, turn around and confront it. he joid the military after 9/11. >> at that moment, i just decided instead of putting that in the someday category, i was going to serve my country. >> reporter: but tonight admits that service has left him needing help. kander is not alone. about 8 million americans in any given year will have ptsd. and between 11% an 20% of veterans. some experts believe nu ther may be much higher. he wrote, i was afraid of the sti i was thinking about what it could mean for my political future if someone found out. so much worse, he says, that last week he called the v.a.

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"nbc nightly news" with lester holt. hurricane michael reporting live from panama city, florida. >>> good evening, everyone, from the florida panhandle which tonight is reeling from the strongest storm to hit this area in recorded history. with some storms, it's the wind that's the biggest fear, with others, it's the water and with this monster, it is both. hurricane michael ravaging the coast with 155-mile-an-hour winds ripping homes and businesses to shreds and storm surge leaving cities under water. the governor is saying he is scared to death for people who didn't heed the warnings. i can tell you personally it was at moments a frightening experience here today. the power of this storm like we have rarely seen. and tonight, it's showing few signs of losing steam as it barrels its way inland, and we'll take you through every moment with all our correspondents, starting with nbc's gabe gutierrez down the coast in apalachicola. >> reporter: tonight, hurricane michael is on the move after slamming into the florida panhan

an nbc news investigation sparks real change for prescription drug prices. a new law could help you save money at the pharmacy. >>> jazz and hip hop, two genres is to fight for respect now championed by a grammy winning rapper in a college course like in other. >>> and the taste of fall, a relic of the industrial revolution still turning ales into cridider after 140 years on the job. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" "with kate snow. >>> good evening. we're just over three weeks in what will be a significant mid-term election with control of congress in the balance. the political rhetoric in the country is hotter than ever, and in isolated cases it's not just heated words but real violence. this weekend street fights erupted between far left and far right activists in new york and portland, oregon. nbc's matt bradley has more. >> reporter: on both sides of the country both political extremes took their rage to the streets. street fights in new portland oregon last night pit far right activists connected to a group called proud boys against the far lef

kevin tibbles, nbc news. >> if you don't reach for the tissue, i think i might. >>> that's nbc news da for this thu i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you and good night. ♪ lights camera access >>> i'm sorry. >> have a great day, everybody, we'll see you tomorrow. >> but we didnt'. and thas the last you'll ever see of megyn kelly on nbc. and was the kfblace debacle the only problem? >>

all of these things made nbc news management angry. howie: she made them angry by being aggressive when it came to nbc people. she felt she wasn't being supported. there were a lot of leaks against learn coming from the "new york post." when you have say final nail in the coffin, it seems like nbc seized upon this mistake to orchestrate her rapid exit. >> if she had not done all of those other proceeding things, and her ratings were great, they would have supported her. but they signaled right away with that report on nbc news that was nearly 5 minutes the report it was an eternity for a 22-minute broadcast. they signaled right away that the gloves were off. and she had no support internally. howie: the way in which it was corresponded suggested there was maybe a bit of a grudge. and andy lack, the nbc news chairman had privately condemned the reports. this all happened so quickly megyn kelly had no chance to fight back. it wasn't like she went out and said everybody should go on blackface *. it was a serious mistake. was the resentmen

nbc news in new york. >>> and you just heard that special report from nbc news, dylan with hurricane michael, a category 4. the strongest storm to hit the florida peninsula in decades. thanks for joining us for our midday newscast, i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. you can see how strong the storm is, a great illustration as they were in the hotel room, you can see the winds whipping by. kari hall has been following it, as well. look at the radar behind you. >> yeah, this storm is just huge. and if it was just one mile stronger, it would have been a category 5 hurricane. so this very powerful as it moves into just to the east of panama city. and we're seeing some of those rain bands, the bright reds and orange showing some really intense rainfall along with that storm surge. so we will continue to follow this as it moves farther to the inland areas, and it will remain a category -- at least a 3 for quite a while throughout the afternoon. and then weakening to a category 1 storm. and then even as we see it just to the east of atlanta, it's still going to be a tropical storm

>> megyn kelly's fate now in the hands of nbc execs. her controversial blackface comments. >> back when i was a kid, that was okay as long as you were dressing up as like a character. >> and kelly's mea culpa. >> i was wrong and i am sorry. >> not cutting it. why some costumes are seen as offensive. >>> and sweet songs. kindergartens in tennessee with a heartfelt surprise for their school janitor. "nightline" will be right back. will be right back. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. as we come on the air tonight, we're learning more about the suspected pipe bombs mailed to outspoken critics of president trump. they're the same people who are also the frequent targets of his heated rhetoric. tonight, federal investigators examining every particle of evidence in painstaking detail. >> reporter: tonight, a nationwide investigation and manhunt under way. >> i can say with certainty that we will identify and arrest a person or people responsible for these acts. make no mistake. >> reporter: in search of the bomb maker and those who may

nbc news has not confirmed aspects of "the new york times" report. according to "thetimes," the president calls flow billionaires, big campaign contributors, with major holdings inhi and contacts with china's government. as a candidate, presi nt trump regularly attacked hillary clinton for e-mailing on a private server. >> her server was easilyd hac by foreign governments, perhaps even by hal finan backers in communist china. >> reporter: president obama reluctantly gave up his beloved blackberry when he took office. eight years later, joking about the government replacement. >>he phoneoesn't work. you know, you can't play your music on it. so basically, it's like does your 3-year-old have one of those play phones? >> reporter: president tweeting -- butr for white house aide omarosa tweeted --- he always used his personal iphone in the white house after calls even after being told over and over about the security risk. >> this would be a gold mine to know how t innuance him, how to deal with him in a negotiation. >>> strap in for another roller coast

we get the breaking details now from nbc's kerry sanders. reporter: it's unclear what set offs the shooting. >> we have an officer down at this time. >> reporter: as many as five officers may have been shot. three florence coushy iff's deputies and two city officers wounded in the altercation. during the anxious minutes, chaos. but then late this afternoon, frence county, south carolina emergency management is in custody.ect the area remains mostly csed as the scene is now considered an active investigation. tonight the local spital that is treating the wounded officers has not released their conditiole. er? >> all right, kerry sanders, thank you. >>> there is signs tonight indicating the fbi may have completed its background investigation into judge brett kavanaugh, amid allegations of uc sexual misco against him. tonight with senators eagerly aw to review the findings ahead of an expected vote this week, we're learning more about who the feds did and didn't talk to. our petealexander has late details. >> reporter: tonight, just 48 hours ah

you can see our nbc bay area sky ranger is overhead. witnesses at the scene now tell us a san mateo county sheriff's deputy is hurt. the suspect fought with several deputies and died as he was being taken into custody. but also says no shots were fired. the san mateo county sheriff's department has not given us any kochlt. we do know this. a stretch of el camino at mill wood drive remains shutdown. this is in millbrae. we have a reporter on the scene and we'll continue to bring you updates online and right here on the air as we get them. >> we're going to move to some other news right now. the brewing company. >> tonight layoffs at the company, 12% of its work force will be out of a job. the company has abouthe decisio do t declining sales and more competitors entering the market. >> okay. toys r us could be making a comeback. lenders who own a key piece of the bankrupt toy store reveal they are keeping the corporate brand names and jeffrey the mascot. and the company might resurrect itself with a new name. jeffrey's toy box. over the s

nbc "nightly news" is next. we'll see you at 6:00. >>> tonight chaotic scenes as thousands of people are stopped at the guatemala/mexico border. some seeking asylum in mexico, many others hoping to make it to the united states. the president makes the caravan a political issue. >>> is it voter suppression? with just weeks until the elections, why more than 50,000 voters are on hold in georgia, almost three quarters of them african-americans. >>> after saudi arabia explains what led to the killing of jamal khashoggi, president trump calls it an important first many others are calling it a cover-up. >>> the biggest lottery jackpot ever, what would you do with $1.6 billion? >>> and down for the count, the surprising benefits of boxing to help knock out the symptoms of a debilitating disease. >>> good evening, we begin tonight with a growing humanitarian crisis. thousands of people caught between countries and desperate to get to ours. they've been walking for a week through central america. and at this hour, they a

how you can ts is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. r cter act of terrorism.targeted by the mailings received in washington, d.c., florida, and the new york area and sent to addresses belonging to prominent democrats including president obama, the clintons, and former attorney general eric holder, as well as here at cnn's new york city studios which were evacuated for several hours today. at least five of the potentially dangerous packages have been discovered since yesterday. no one, thankfully, has been injured. our justice correspondent pete williams has late details. >> reporter: in several states tonight, an urgent search to find whoever is responsible for sending packages with a frightening looking bomb inside. >> the full weight of our government is being deployed to investigation and bring those despicable acts to justice. a acts or threats of political violence of of america. >> reporter: just after 10:00 a.m., police took the extraordinary step of ordering an evacuation of cnn's headquarters in midtown manhattan. >> we're goi

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. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. there is major breaking news in the disappearance of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. as we come on the air, the saudis just confirmed he's dead after he entered the saudi consulate in turkey. 18 suspects have been identified and arrested and a top saudi intelligence official with close ties to the country's crown prince has been fired. our chief foreign expert richard engel is in istanbul with breaking details. richard, what can you tell us? >> reporter: lester, this is what we had been waiting for, this is what the u.s. has been demanding. an explanation from the saudi government. jamal khashoggi over two weeks ago went into the consulate in this city, istanbul, and never emerged. turkish officials say once inside, he was killed, tortured and dismembered. now saudi arabia has finally put forth its own version of events. according to saudi television quoting a state prosecutor, they say that khashoggi went into the consulate, and a fight broke out, a fistfight as it was

andrea mitchell, nbc news. >>> we're just 12 days left until t midterm elections. democrats and republicans are battling it out over health care, making claims about who's really working to protecteople with pre-existing conditions. here's peter alexander with more. >> reporter: president trump touting his administration's progress against the opioid. epidem >> seized more than 2.8 million pounds of illicit and deadly drugs. >> reporter: the rate of s overdose deaeginning to slow down. but it's another health care claim for the president under rutiny. tweeting republicans will totally protect people with pre-existing conditions. a line he's repeated in recent days. >> republicans will always protect americans with pre-existing conditions. we protect you. >> reporter: in fact, republicans and the trump adminiration are aggressively trying to undercutca obamare that guarantees protections to ople with pre-existing conditions. u wouldn't know it from watching these republican candidates' ads. >> earlier this year we learned our oldest has a rare chronic disease. pre-e

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three people with knowledge of the situation tell nbc news. one says during an interrogation that went wrong. asked than the president called it so far just a rumor. he is sending secretary of state mike pompeo to saudi arabia to get answers. despite the king's denials, experts say nothing would happen at a saudi consulate that his son, the powerful crown prince did not order. >> it would be inconceivable that such an operation would be run by the saudis without the knowledge of the date-to-day decision-maker of saudi arabia. that's crown prince mohammed bin salman. >> reporter: congress now demanding that the white house stop the saudis from buying billions in u.s. weapons. but mr. trump says that would hurt american workers. still, critics say the president ignores the saudis' terrible human rights record, unlawful killings, torture and arbitrary arrests, just as he embraces a rogue's gallery of dictators like putin, duterte in the philippines, erdogan in turkey, even saying he fell in love with kim jong-un. telling cbs's "60 minutes" -- >>

nbc bay area.com. while it was on all of the digital platforms to get all the decease. >> bernie sanders in town today. he joined forces with barbara lee to rally voteners berkeley. the pair are encouraging people to get to polls on election day. nbc bay area is there where christie, he was energizing voters. that's right. it was absolutely packed today. brought the crowd to their feet several times in berkeley talked about the importance of voter turnout especially during the times and also talked about president trump. >> tell you friends and your family. >> vermont senator bernie sanders spoke to a friendly crowd in berkeley. nine state tour for midterm candidates. >> we must end one party reactionary rules in washington. >> he reminded them what's at stake, urging them to spread the word and vote. >> we had the lowest voter turnout in modern history in 2018. we must have the highest voter turnout. >> on stage, supporters carried sis re-elect democratic congresswoman barbara ng to cal >> sanders sai

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