i'm jim rosenfield. >> and i'm jacqueline london. nbc nicely news with lester holt is next. have a good evening. tonight, nbc news exclusive. new information contradicts the white house account of that military raid gone wrong in yemen. as the father of a slain s.e.a.l. raises his own questions. a new wave of bomb threats and vandalism across the country targeting jewish community centers, schools, and another cemetery. kids evacuated. parents in fear. pressure intensifying for an independent investigation into russian meddling. and former president bush weighs in exclusively to nbc news. inside the oscar shocker. what went wrong in that jaw-dropping hollywood ending? healthy heart attack. as a star tv trainer is stricken, tonight a new warning. >> >> to the moon. private citizens going on an out of this world adventure. got your spacesuit ready?

"nightly news" begins right now. good evening. we begin with an nbc news exclusive. a new and much different account of last month's u.s. military mission in yemen emerging that challenges the trump administration's claim that it was a success. multiple officials tell us the raid has not produced the valuable intelligence that has been cited by the white house. this and other new details emerging as the grieving father of senior chief petty officer ryan owens is sharing his own questions about that mission. details now from senior investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden. >> reporter: tonight, the father of the highly decorated navy s.e.a.l. killed in the secret raid in yemen is revealing why he declined to meet the president at dover air force base as his son's body arrived there. bill owens telling "the miami herald" he has questions for the

president about his youngest son ryan's death. why at this time did there have to be this stupid mission when it wasn't even barely a week into his administration? for two years prior, everything was missiles and drones. now all of a sudden we had to make this grand display? plans for the raid had begun during the obama administration. but just five days in, the trump white house decided to launch. >> a new administration, i think naturally is going to be springloaded to the move-out and demonstrate something. we've seen that in the political realm. it's not surprising we saw it in the military realm here. >> reporter: the white house has repeatedly called the yemen mission a success in gathering important intelligence. >> we gathered an unbelievable amount of intelligence. >> reporter: today addressing bill owens' comments. >> i can tell him that on behalf of the president, his son died a hero. and the information that he was able to help obtain through that

raid, as i've said, was going to save american lives. >> reporter: tonight multiple officials tell nbc news that is simply untrue. the raid has yielded no intelligence of value, at least not yet. in addition to the death of ryan owens, six other u.s. service members were wounded. and at least 25 civilians were also killed, including nine children under the age of 13. a pentagon official told nbc news today they do not dispute these numbers. meanwhile, the pentagon already has at least three investigations into the raid under way. >> i think we need to understand why this mission, why now, what happened, and what the actual output was. >> a defense department official pushed back this afternoon claiming that there was "a significant amount of intelligence collected." all of this happening as the administration is looking at its counterterrorism policies. the pentagon submitting its isis

strategy review today. >> cynthia mcfadden, thank you. nbc news confirmed there has been another wave of bomb threats at jewish community centers and schools in 11 states, triggering evacuations of children. also another despicable act of vandalism at a cemetery. nbc's anne thompson has details. >> reporter: more anxious moments at jewish community centers and day schools evacuating today. >> it was scary for everybody. it's a horrible situation what's going on these days. >> reporter: the latest wave of bomb threats targeted 21 places in the eastern half of the country. but they were just threats. in philadelphia, this is why the fbi opened a hate crimes investigation. more than 100 headstones toppled at mt. caramel jewish cemetery. mark weissman, alone and with strangers, tried to summon super-human strength to right the memorial of his

grandparents, arthur and frida stern. >> it had to be hatred. not specifically for them, but because of what religion they were. >> reporter: aaron malin discovered the destruction yesterday. >> i hope it doesn't have anything to do with the political environment in the country. but it's hard to say. >> reporter: rabbi adam zeft says in the jewish tradition, caring for the dead is the ultimate test of love and loyalty. >> i'm hearing today about the bomb threat against theme menhe elementary school that my children went to. that context makes it extremely hard. >> reporter: as happened in st. louis last week, when jewish graves there were desecrated, an offer of help from the muslim community. >> i'm worried more that it's being seen as it's okay to do. so whoever did it, we hope that you're watching, we hope that you're caught. >> reporter: so the dead and the living can again be at peace. anne thompson, nbc news, philadelphia.

in washington tonight, pressure is intensifying for an independent investigation on russia, including a call from a leading republican. there's also new resistance to those calls by the white house. now former president george w. bush, who has rarely spoken out on politics since leaving office, is weighing in exclusively with nbc news. our white house correspondent kristen welker has details. >> reporter: tonight, mounting scrutiny over russia after top republican congressman darrell issa breaking ranks with the president, calling for a special prosecutor to look into potential ties between trump campaign aides and russian officials. >> you're going to need to use the special prosecutor's statute and office. >> reporter: the president declining to directly weigh in today. >> do you support a special prosecutor on russia? >> reporter: as the press was hustled out, whispering he hasn't spoken to russia in years. >> i haven't called russia in ten years. >> reporter: that contradicts mr. trump's own public statements. this 2014 speech one of many in

which he's touted his ties to russian president vladimir putin. >> as an example i own the miss universe, i was in moscow recently. i spoke indirectly and directly with president putin, who could not have been nicer. >> reporter: even former president george w. bush insisted more information is needed in an exclusive interview with matt lauer on "today." >> i think we all need answers. whether or not a special prosecutor's the right way to go, you're talking to the wrong guy. i am sure, though, that that question needs to be answered. >> reporter: today the white house tried to knock down the controversy. >> i guess my question would be, a prosecutor for what? we have for six months heard story after story come out about unnamed sources, say the same thing over and over again. and nothing's come of it. >> reporter: tonight the fight is heating up on capitol hill. >> we still have not seen any evidence of anyone from the trump campaign or any other campaign, for that matter, that's communicated with the russian government. >> reporter: foreign policy experts weighing in. >> i think the president himself

would do well to get all the facts out. nobody's talking about rerunning the election. but we do need to know what happened during the elections. >> reporter: tonight darrell issa called an independent investigation critical for transparency. all looming as the president prepares to give his first joint address to congress tomorrow night. lester? >> kristen welker, thank you. the white house revealed that president trump plans to hike defense spending by 10%, or $54 billion. as part of his first budget proposal. and it would put other federal agencies in line to absorb some potentially deep cuts. we get details on this from nbc's hallie jackson. ♪ money money money >> reporter: the president who's talked plenty about his money -- >> i'm really rich. >> reporter: now spending the taxpayers' in a new budget blueprint that's as much a political document as a financial one. >> we have to start winning wars again. >> reporter: that means a lot more money on the military, a lot less almost everywhere else. president trump wants to add $54

billion to beef up the pentagon, intelligence agencies, and homeland security. and slash the same amount to agencies like the epa and the state department. >> we are taking his words and turning them into policies and dollars. >> reporter: his new budget director emphasizes it's just an outline, but the cuts could mean less money for, say, arts programs or helping people in need overseas. >> i don't even know if the president really understands the ramifications of the cuts that are being proposed. >> reporter: right now the government spends the majority of its budget on entitlements, like medicare and social security. programs the president's promised to protect. even though party leaders like paul ryan have pushed to overhaul them to save money. >> the president has made clear he doesn't want to touch these entitlements, are you comfortable with the budget that doesn't do that? >> repealing and replacing obamacare is fundamental entitlement reform. >> you cannot have a serious, credible, fiscally responsible budget that does not address the challenges in our entitlement programs. >> reporter: a framework for now

as the president puts our cash behind his campaign promises. hallie jackson, nbc news, the white house. our primetime coverage of the president's address to congress begins at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific, tomorrow night here on nbc. in kansas, a man under investigation for a possible hate crime made his first court appearance, accused of shooting two indian immigrants, one of them fatly, along with a third man who tried to step in. we get details from nbc's blake mccoy. >> reporter: making his first court appearance, accused shooter adam purinton was assigned a public defender in the shooting the fbi's investigating as a possible hate crime. it was 7:00 p.m. last wednesday night when police say he opened fire on two indian men at a bar in olathe, kansas. witnesses say purinton yelled "get out of my country" before being kicked out, and returning with a gun. >> i've got two down. >> reporter: kuchibhotia was

shot and killed, madasani was injured. a third man was shot trying to interve intervene. police arrested purinton 70 miles away after he confessed to a bartender he said he shot and killed two iranian people. >> reporter: purinton's family ankles our affiliate kshb the navy veteran suffered from ptsd. >> i've never am a million years thought he would hurt somebody else. >> reporter: madasani says the shooting has not shaken his desire to remain in the u.s. >> that's not what this community stands for. i believe in the greater good. >> reporter: tonight kuchibhotla's widow flew with he is body to india. >> i believe that love needs to respect, not hate. >> reporter: blake mccoy, nbc news, olathe, kansas.

auto parts maker takata pleaded guilty to fraud today in federal court as part of a $1 billion settlement for covering up an air bag defect linked to at least 16 deaths. now a lawsuit filed alleging five automakers -- honda, toyota, nissan, ford, bmw -- knew takata's air bags were dangerous for years but continued to use them. nissan and toyota have declined to comment. calls to the others were not immediately returned. the oscar shocker seen around the world. one of the most jaw-dropping moments in the history of live event television. best picture, the academy awards, somehow they had the wrong envelope and they read the wrong winner. how in the world did it happen? nbc's joe friar has new information. >> reporter: as far as hollywood endings go -- >> "la la land." >> reporter: this was quite the twist. "la la land" announced as best picture, at first. >> there's a mistake. "moonlight," you guys won best picture. >> reporter: modern-day dewy

defeats truman moment stunning the star-studded audience along with everyone on stage. >> this is not a joke. "moonlight" has won best picture. "moonlight." >> reporter: so what happened? look closely, you can see the envelope given to presenters warren beatty and faye dunaway says actress in a leading role. >> i opened the envelope and it said "emma stone, la la land." >> reporter: an executive with price waterhouse coopers, an accounting firm that oversees voting, said today, we made a human error. our partner on the left side of the stagehanded the wrong envelope to warren beatty." throughout the night he carried a suitcase with one set of envelopes, his colleague martha ruiz carried a duplicate set. they stood on opposite ends of the stage during the show and could be seen onstage during the chaos. in an interview before the oscars, they said they memorized the results in case the wrong winner is announced. >> if something were to occur,

we would go directly to the stage manager and let them know there's a problem. >> they would make a correction, probably right then on stage, and do it live. >> reporter: and that is what happened. >> you cannot script this stuff. >> those guys were extremely gracious. in handing over and calling us up to the stage. so much love to them. >> reporter: a finale no one could have predicted. joe friar, nbc news, los angeles. still ahead here tonight, heart attack shocker. a major health scare for a tv fitness guru. how his close call is raising awareness about a sometimes overlooked risk factor. also, do you have the right stuff for a newly announced mission to the moon? how you could take the trip of a

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a speechless conversation. >> the easiest way to kind of connect people is through food. >> reporter: this is a supper club of strangers. 40 people with a common cause, to help someone in need. a refugee named najwa. six months ago, fled the syrian city of homs, escaping war-torn streets, finding refuge in los angeles, safe and free. refugee families come with almost nothing. >> the baby didn't have a crib. >> reporter: mary whitehall answered a call to help. when she saw the family living without basic essentials, she posted a list on facebook. mary's list. bedding, clothes, toys, crossed off. >> the size of the response was really, really amazing and overwhelming. >> translator: when mary helped us, she became a sister to me. >> reporter: then more families, more lists. 60 families helped so far. you're a stay at home-mom.

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