we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams in washington. pete, what's the latest you're hearing from your sources on the status of the review of those e-mails? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a senior official says the work is going smoothly, no technical problems, but that progress is slow. there's no answer yet to one big question. how many of the e-mails are duplicates of the tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating the clinton e-mail server. fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the e-mail work done. a senior official tonight says there's just no way to tell how long this is going to take, no progress bar at the bottom of the computer screen. they say it's impossible to know whether we'll have answers by election day. lester? >> pete williams, thank you. >>> so tonight w

. >> pete williams, nbc news washington. >>> two people are dead tonight after a powerful earthquake struck new zealand. >> this is what a 7.8 earthquake looks and feels and sounds like. >> that's a big one, too. >> amateur video capturing the terrifyi terrifyiterrify tremurs after midnight. the quake was powerful enough to split roads and crack bridges and stunned residence evacuated as far as way from new zealand capitol including brendan perez, a california native. >> were you worried for your life? >> i have experienced before but once things are falling down, i start to get worry. >> five years ago of 185 people died as what's remembered as new zealand's darkest day. >> fatalities appearing so far of the full scale of the damage is still unclear. >> nbc news, london. >>> back in this country, wild fires across the southeast have millions of americans on high alerts. more than 40 big fires burning on several state, some of the largest ones in north carolina and georgia. and around the region, extreme drought conditions and several state haves issued air quality alert. >>> now, to

pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> we'll take a break here. in a moment, just in time for thanksgiving, travel rush. the new innovation that could make the huge headache over losing your luggage a thing of the past. >>> also the crime that gripped the nation. the hit netflix series "making a murderer," tonight the brand-new development in the case. >> we're back with a story that will be of interest to anyone who plans to fly over the coming holiday season. or anyone who's ever experienced the frustration of an airline losing a bag. delta air lines said today it was nearly finished rolling out an upgrade to the tracking system that it hopes will soon make it highly unlikely anyone will lose a bag again. nbc's tom costello explains. >> reporter: it's a $50 million upgrade that most passengers will never see. right there, embedded in the delta luggage tag, a tiny microchip and antenna that could one day make losing your bag a thing of the past. >> 12 minutes to go. flight leaves at 12:07. >> reporter: in baltimore today, we saw how it works. the

>> pete williams, thank you. >>> there's high drama once again tonight at trump tower. president-elect trump pushing baseless claims that millions voted illegally in the election, costing him the popular vote. there's no evidence of that. meantime, there are reports of deep divisions over perhaps the biggest decision the president-elect will have to make before taking office. we get details from nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: reality show drama at trump tower's revolving door with another possible pick for secretary of state. retired general david petraeus. >> very good conversation and we'll see where it goes from here. >> reporter: a top transition source tells nbc news, petraeus is being considered for multiple high-level posts, despite pleading guilty for mishandling classified information, and donald trump's attacks against hillary clinton, investigated for doing the same. later cleared by the fbi. petraeus's appearance highlighting the infighting over who should lead the state department. in trump's orbit, divisions, between backers of judy giuliani, a long-ti

we get the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the emails found on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 emails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check email headers to isolate those sent to or from huma abedin while hillary clinton was secretary of state. then use a program like this to eliminate dupe capitals of the thousands of emails already seen on the clinton server. only a small number the fbi says had to be individually read. the investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty, she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been prosecuted over the emails. she said the fbi should never have brought up the latest emails without looking at them first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the emails referenced in

let's get to nbc's pete williams. pete, put it in perspective for us. >> well, lester, it's a question of how the whole process worked in early voting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and voti voting machines from those precincts aside and reveal the name of all the poll workers. but in a brief hearing, the judge wasn't impressed and said it would lead to harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. in pennsylvania, scattered complaints that when they pressed the button for straight

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 weiner's laptop during a separate investigation of him. the big question, will these e-mails shed new light on the investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server? tonight officials say, no answer yet. the clinton campaign said weiner's wife, top aide huma abedin, doesn't remember using it. so another question, how did they get there? it's possible computer experts say, she used it and forgot, or e-mailed him and unintentionally launched a backup. the answers are on one of these, a hard drive from a laptop computer. officials say the fbi has made an exact copy of the one on weiner's laptop. that copy, not the original, is being analyzed by the fbi in a computer forensic lab like this one. >> this is a great way to preserve the data, intact, the way it was, and work off the copy, so you

we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams in washington. pete, what's the latest you're hearing from your sources on the status of the review of those e-mails? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a senior official says the work is going smoothly, no technical problems, but that progress is slow. there's no answer yet to one big question. how many of the e-mails are duplicates of the tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating th fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the e-mail work done. a senior official tonight says there's just no way to tell how long this is going to take, no progress bar at the bottom of the computer screen. they say it's impossible to know whether we'll have answers by election day. lester? >> pete williams, over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 2

. >> pete williams, nbc news washington. >>> two people are dead tonight after a powerful earthquake struck new zealand. >> this is earthquake looks and feels and sounds like. >> that's a big one, too. >> amateur video capturing the terrify tremurs after midnight. the quake was powerful enough to split roads and crack bridges and stunned residence evacuated as far as brendan perez, a california native. >> were you worried for your life? >> i have experienced before but once things are falling down, i start to get worry. >> five years ago of 185 people died as what's remembered as new zealand's darkest day. >> fatalities appearing so far of the full scale of the damage is still unclear. >> nbc news, country, wild fires across the southeast have millions of americans on high alerts. more than 40 big fires burning on several state, some of the largest ones in north carolina and georgia. and around the region, extreme drought conditions and several state haves issued air quality alert. >>> now, to an nbc news exclusive to prevent another terror the nypd has sent its own officers all arou

>> pete williams, thank you. >>> there's high drama once again tonight at trump tower. president-elect trump pushing baseless claims that millions voted illegally in the election, costing him the popular vote. there's no evidence of that. meantime, there are reports of deep divisions over perhaps the biggest decision the president-elect will have to make before taking office. we get details from nbc's hallie jackson. tower's revolving door with another possible pick for secretary of state. retired general david petraeus. >> very good conversation and we'll see where it goes from here. >> reporter: a top transition source tells nbc news, petraeus is being considered for multiple high-level posts, despite pleading guilty for mishandling classified information, and donald trump's attacks against hillary clinton, investigated for doing the same. later cleared by the fbi. petraeus's appearance highlighting the infighting over who should lead the state in trump's orbit, divisions, between backers of judy giuliani, a long-time loyalist, and mitt romney, a former never trump le

pete williams nbc news washington. >>> reminder nbc special election coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time 4:00 p.m. pacific on tuesday night. >>> still ahead tonight. promoting a sharp mind and good memory. the surprising thing that could make a big difference. also, bringing back the alright, did you know i was the mommy slam dunk champion? really? yes, really! don't sound so surprised. ahhhh! i go to the right. i go to the left. fake 'em out. mama go up, up, up! she did it. -again? you can't avoid gravity. but unitedhealthcare can help you avoid financial surprises by helping you compare costs and doctor quality ratings. unitedhealthcare . turns out my curls needed to be stronger to fight back. pantene's pro-v formula makes my curls so strong* they can dry practically frizz free.** because strong is beautiful. get even stronger results with pantene expert, our most intensely concentrated pro-v formula. i was once with verizon, not anymore. sprint's reliability is now within 1% of verizon. and sprint will save you a ton. u hear that? (vo) don't let a 1% difference in network

we get all the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> okay. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the e-mails founds on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 e-mails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check e-mail headers to isolate huma abedin while hillary clinton was secretary of state. then use a program like this, to delete duplicates. only a small number, the fbi says, had to be individually read. the fbi investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty. she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald e-mails. she said the fbi should never have brought up the latest e-mails without looking at them first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the e-mails referenced in his letter are significant or not. >> fbi officials say comey wants to give a full accounting of his role in all this, incl

let's get to nbc's pete williams. perspective for us. >> well, lester, it's a question of how the whole process worked in early voting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and voting machines from those precincts aside and reveal the name of all the poll workers. wasn't impressed and said it would lead to harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. in pennsylvania, scattered complaints straight republican, the machine lit up democratic candidates. no comment from the state, but official

>> pete williams at the supreme court for for republicans, not only in the presidential race, but also in the balance of power in congress. the gop holding control of both the house and the senate. nbc's casey hunt has a look at the new faces about to make waves. >> before tuesday, it was hard for donald trump to find a friend in washington. even in his own party. >> why don't you want to talk about mr. trump in. >> i choose not to. >> president trump is moving in down the street from speaker paul ryan and senat majority leader mitch mcconnell. on wednesday, they started to come around. >> i think what donald trump pulled off is an enormous political feat. it's an enormous feat in that he heard the voices that were out there that other people weren't hearing and he earned a mandate. >> the american people have spoken. >> republican leaders were privately surprised their vulnerable senate incumbents hung on across the map. winning at least a 51-seat majority. >> god bless florida, thank you. a 47-seat majority in the house as well. with control of the white house and congress, republica

our pete williams has been breaking developments in the story all weekend, and has late details for >> 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 weiner's laptop during a separate investigation of him. the big question, will these e-mails shed new light on the investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server? tonight officials say, no answer yet. the clinton campaign id top aide huma abedin, doesn't remember using it. so another question, how did they get there? it's possible computer experts say, she used it and forgot, or e-mailed him and unintentionally launched a backup. the answers are on one of these, a hard drive from a laptop computer. officials say the fbi has made an exact copy of the one on weiner's laptop. that copy, not the original, is being analyzed by the fbi in a computer forensic lab like this one. >> this is a great way to preserve the data, was, and work off the copy, so you don't accidentally ruin the evidence i

>> pete williams, thank you. over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. after a series of october surprises, the picture is in flux, as we hit the november home stretch. where do things stand right now? no one better to ask than our political director, the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. chuck, lay it out for us. >> a week ago, we were talking about a potential democratic wave. but with the fbi investigation reignited, it's clinton's path to 270 has narrowed. this was the map before the fbi announcement. clinton looked to be over 270. now, let me walk you through it. the toss-up state is nevada. after that, everything is moving from her column to toss-up. north carolina, new hampshire, colorado, wisconsin, seem to be the states that have moved into toss-up. look what that does. she needs now a path to 270. trump meanwhile feels good about georgia, arizona, and utah, that the republican him. florida, north carolina, ohio, and iowa. look where that would

. >> pete williams, nbc news washington. >>> two people are dead tonight after a powerful earthquake struck new zealand. >> this is what earthquake looks and feels and sounds like. >> that's a big one, too. >> amateur video capturing the terrify tremurs after midnight. the quake was powerful enough to split roads and crack bridges and stunned residence evacuated as far as way from new zealand brendan perez, a california native. >> were you worried for your life? >> i have experienced before but once things are falling down, i start to get worry. >> five years ago of 185 people died as what's remembered as new zealand's darkest day. >> fatalities appearing so far of the full scale of the damage is still unclear. >> nbc news, london. country, wild fires across the southeast have millions of americans on high alerts. more than 40 big fires burning on several state, some of the largest ones in north carolina and georgia. and around the region, extreme drought conditions and several state haves issued air quality alert. >>> now, to an nbc news exclusive to prevent another terror own offic

pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> we'll take a break here. in a moment, just in time for thanksgiving, travel rush. the new innovation that could make the huge headache over losing your luggage a thing of the past. >>> also the crime that gripped the nation. the hit netflix series "making a murderer," tonight the brand-new development in the story that will be of interest to anyone who plans to fly over the coming holiday season. or anyone who's ever experienced the frustration of an airline losing a bag. delta air lines said today it was nearly finished rolling out an upgrade to the tracking system that it hopes will soon make it highly unlikely anyone will lose a bag again. nbc's tom costello explains. >> reporter: it's a $50 million upgrade right there, embedded in the delta luggage tag, a tiny microchip and antenna that could one day make losing your bag a thing of the past. >> 12 minutes to go. flight leaves at 12:07. >> reporter: in baltimore today, we saw how it works. the moment the bag is checked, it transmits its consist tan gps loc

>> pete williams, thank you. >>> there's high drama once again tonight at trump tower. president-elect trump pushing baseless claims that millions voted illegally in the election, costing him the popular vote. there's no evidence of that. meantime, there are reports of deep divisions over perhaps the biggest decision the president-elect will have to make before taking office. we get details from nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: reality with another possible pick for secretary of state. retired general david petraeus. >> very good conversation and we'll see where it goes from here. >> reporter: a top transition source tells nbc news, petraeus is being considered for multiple high-level posts, despite pleading guilty for mishandling classified information, and donald trump's attacks against hillary clinton, investigated for doing the same. later cleared by the fbi. petraeus's appearance highlighting the infighting over who should lead the state department. divisions, between backers of judy giuliani, a long-time loyalist, and mitt romney, a former never trump leader, co

we get the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the emails found on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 emails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check email headers to isolate those sent to or from huma then use a program like this to eliminate dupe capitals of the thousands of emails already seen on the clinton server. only a small number the fbi says had to be individually read. the investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty, she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been prosecuted over the emails. she said the fbi should never first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the emails referenced in his letter are significant or not. >> reporter: fbi officials say comey wants to give a full accounting of his

our pete williams has been breaking developments in the story all weekend, and has late details for >> 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 weiner's laptop during a separate investigation of him. the big question, will these e-mails shed new light on the investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server? tonight officials say, no answer yet. the clinton campaign said wne doesn't remember using it. so another question, how did they get there? it's possible computer experts say, she used it and forgot, or e-mailed him and unintentionally launched a backup. the answers are on one of these, a hard drive from a laptop computer. officials say the fbi has made an exact copy of the one on weiner's laptop. that copy, not the original, is being analyzed by the fbi in a computer forensic lab like this one. >> this is a great way to preserve the data, was, and work off the copy, so you don't accidentally ruin the evidence itself. >> report

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 congressman's anthony we weiner's laptop during a separate investigation of him. the big question, will these e-mails shed new life on the investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server? tonight officials say, no answer yet. the clinton campaign has huma abedin doesn't remember using it. so another question, how did they get there? it's possible computer experts say, she used it and forgot, or e-mailed him and unintentionally launched a backup. the answers are on one of these, a hard drive from a laptop has made an exact copy of the one on wiener's laptop. that company is being analyzed in a computer forensic lab like this one. >> this is a great way to preserve the data, intact, the way it was, and work off the copy, so you don't accidentally ruin the evidence itself. >> reporter: most of the process is automated, weeding out

we want to bring in our justice williams in washington. pete, what's the latest you're hearing from your sources on the status of the review of those e-mails? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a senior official says the work is going smoothly, no technical problems, but that progress is slow. there's no answer yet to one big question. how many of the e- of the tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating the clinton e-mail server. fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the e-mail work done. a senior official tonight says there's just no way to tell how long this is going to take, no progress bar at the bottom of the computer screen. they say it's impossible to know whether we'll have answers by election day. lester? one week until this campaign is finally over, it all comes down t

. >> pete williams, nbc news washington. >>> two people are dead tonight after a powerful earthquake struck new zealand. >> this is what earthquake looks and feels and sounds like. >> that's a big one, too. >> amateur video capturing the terr terrterrify tremurs after midnight. the quake was powerful enough to split roads and crack bridges and stunned residence evacuated as far as way from new zealand california native. >> were you worried for your life? >> i have experienced before but once things are falling down, i start to get worry. >> five years ago of 185 people died as what's remembered as new zealand's darkest day. >> fatalities appearing so far of the full scale of the damage is still unclear. >> nbc news, london. >>> back in this across the southeast have millions of americans on high alerts. more than 40 big fires burning on several state, some of the largest ones in north carolina and georgia. and around the region, extreme drought conditions and several state haves issued air quality alert. >>> now, to an nbc news exclusive to prevent another terror attack here in the u

we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams. what's the latest you're hearing? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a yet to one big question. how many of the e-mails are dupe cats of tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating the clinton e-mail server. fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say they both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the work done. there's just no way to tell how long it's going to take, no bottom of the computer screen. they say it's impossible to know whether we'll have answers by election day. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> so tonight with one week until this campaign is finally over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. after a series of october surprises, the picture is in plucks as we hit the november home stretch. where do things stand right now? no one better to ask

pete williams nbc news washington. >>> reminder nbc special election coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time 4:00 p.m. pacific on tuesday night. >>> promoting a sharp mind and good memory. the surprising thing that could make a big difference. also, bringing back the home-cooked meal and all its alright, did you know i was the mommy slam dunk champion? really? yes, really! don't sound so surprised. alright, here we go. let's hear the crowd. ahhhh! i go to the right. i go to the left. fake 'em out. mama go up, up, up! she did it. -again? you can't avoid gravity. but unitedhealthcare can help you avoid financial surprises by helping you compare costs and doctor quality ratings. unitedhealthcare i used to blame the weather for my frizz. turns out my curls needed to be stronger to fight back. pantene's pro-v formula makes my curls so strong* they can dry practically frizz free.** because strong is beautiful. get even stronger results with pantene expert, our most intensely concentrated pro-v formula. i was once with verizon, not anymore. can you hear that? (vo) don't let a 1% differ

we get all the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> okay. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the e-mails founds on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 e-mails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check e-mail headers to isolate those sent to or huma abedin while hillary clinton was secretary of state. then use a program like this, to delete dupl duplicates. only a small number, the fbi says, had to be individually read. the fbi investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty. she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been brought up the latest e-mails without looking at them first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the e-mails referenced in his letter are significant or not. >> fbi officials say comey wants to give a full accounting of his ro

let's get to nbc's pete williams. pete, put a question of how the whole process worked in early voting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and vo voting machines from those precincts aside and reveal the name of all the poll workers. but in a brief said it would lead to harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. in pennsylvania, scattered complaints that when they pressed the button for democratic candidates. no comment from the state, but officials in one county said they haven't see

and as our justice correspondent pete williams reports, this fight could be just the beginning. >> it's a pressing issue for the new president -- nominating a replacement from antonin scalia on the supreme court. with republicans keeping control of the senate, president obama's nomination of judge merritt garland which languished for eight months is now dead. trump released two lists of potential nominees, mostly federal judges, many in the conservative mainstream. replacing justice scalia with another conservative won't change the make-up of the court but there could be other vacancies coming. ruth bader ginsberg is 83, she turns 84 in march, though she will likely remain in a trump administration as long as her health permits. but anthony kennedy, a reagan appointee who has voted with the liberals on gay rights and abortion is 80. and steven breyer appointed by bill clinton is 78. if either of them were court would be more conservative and might revisit recent rulings against restricting access to abortion and favoring gay rights. >> with each of those, we have relatively recent decis

. >> pete williams, nbc news washington. >>> two people are dead tonight after a powerful earthquake struck new zealand. >> this is what a 7.8 earthquake looks and feels and sounds like. >> that's a big one, too. >> amateur video capturing the terrify tremurs after midnight. the quake was powerful enough to split roads and crack bridges and stunned residence evacuated as far as way from new zealand california native. >> were you worried for your life? >> i have experienced before but once things are falling down, i start to get worry. >> five years ago of 185 people died as what's remembered as new zealand's darkest day. >> fatalities appearing so far of the full scale of the damage is still unclear. >> nbc news, london. >>> back in this across the southeast have millions of americans on high alerts. more than 40 big fires burning on several state, some of the largest ones in north carolina and georgia. and around the region, extreme drought conditions and several state haves issued air quality alert. >>> now, to an nbc news exclusive to prevent another terror attack here in the prog

we get more on her life and legacy from nbc's pete williams. ? ? >> good evening, i'm en >> 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. >> their greater vulnerability was on things like the tax return. >> reporter: the daughter of a methodist minister, she started as a paper reporter in boston where she faced racism on the job. she moved on to the washington post and "the new york times" before becoming a television correspondent, joining nbc news in 1994 to cover congress and lady, and their political supporters. >> reporter: then came the switch to pbs in 1999. >> washington week. >> reporter: for what became washington week with gwen ifill. >> as we welcome governor palin and senator biden. >> reporter: widely respected for her reporting, she moderated the vice presidential debates in 2004 and 2008. president obama, one of the rising black figures she wrote about in her best-selling 2009 book, praised her today. >> she was an women and g

>> pete williams, thank you. >>> there's high drama once again tonight at trump tower. president-elect trump pushing baseless claims that millions voted illegally in the election, costing him the popular vote. there's no evidence of that. meantime, there are reports of deep divisions over perhaps the biggest decision the president-elect will have to make before making office. we get details from >> reporter: reality show dmara at trump tower's revolving door with another possible pick for secretary of state. retired general david petraeus. >> very good conversation and we'll see where it goes from here. >> reporter: a top transition source tells nbc news, petraeus is being considered for multiple high-level post,s, despite pleading guilty for mishandl cinglassified information, and donald trump's attacks against hillary clinton, investigated for doing the same. later cleared by the fbi. us highlighting the infighting over who should lead the state department. in trump's orbit, backers of rudy guiliani, a long-time loyalist, and mitt romney, a former never trump leader,

we get all the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> okay. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the e-mails founds on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 e-mails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check e-mail headers to isolate those sent to or fro huma abedin while hillary clinton was secretary of state. then use a program like this, to delete duplicates. only a small number, the fbi says, had to be individually read. the fbi investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty. she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been prosecuted over the e-mails without looking at them first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the e-mails referenced in his letter are significant or not. >> fbi officials say comey wants to give a full accounting of his role

let's get to nbc's pete williams. pete, put a question of how the whole process worked in early voting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and voting machines from those precincts aside and reveal the name of all the poll workers. but in a brief hearing, the judge harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. in pennsylvania, scattered complaints that when they pressed the button for democratic candidates. no comment from the state, but officials in one county said they haven't seen the

we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams. what's the latest you're hearing? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a there's no answer yet to one big question. how many of the e-mails are dupe cats of tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating the clinton e-mail server. fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say they both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the work done. there's just no way to tell how long it's going to take, no progress bar at the bottom of the computer screen. they say it's impossible to know whether we'll have answers by election day. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> so tonight with one week until this campaign is finally over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. after a series of october surprises, the picture is in plucks as we hit the november home stretch. where do things

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>> pete williams, thank you. >>> there's high drama once again tonight at trump tower. president-elect trump pushing baseless claims that millions voted illegally in the election, costing him the popular vote. there's no evidence of that. meantime, there are reports of deep divisions over perhaps the biggest decision the president-elect will have to make before making office. we get details from nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: reality show drama at trump tower's revolving door with another possible pick for secretary of state. retired general david petraeus. >> very good conversation and we'll see where it goes from here. >> reporter: a top transition source tells nbc news, petraeus is being considered for multiple high-level post,s, despite pleading guilty for mishandling classified information, and donald trump's attacks against hillary clinton, investigated for doing the same. later cleared by the fbi. petraeus's appearance highlighting the infighting over who should lead the state department. in trump's orbit, backers of rudy guiliani, a long-time loyalist, and m

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we get all the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> okay. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the e-mails founds on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 e-mails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was automated. step one, check e-mail headers to isolate those sent to or from huma abedin while hillary clinton was secretary of state. then use a program like this, to delete duplicat duplicates. only a small number, the fbi says, had to be individually read. the fbi investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is guilty. she knows it, the fbi knows it. >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been prosecuted over the e-mails. she said the fbi should never have brought up the latest e-mails without looking at them first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the e-mails referenced in his letter are significant or

let's get to nbc's pete williams. pete, put it in perspective for us. >> well, lester, it's aue qstion of how the whole process worked in early voting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and voti voting machines from those precincts aside and reveal the name of all the poll workers. but in a brief hearing, the judge wasn't impressed and said it would lead to harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. in pennsylvania, scattered complaints that when they pressed the button for straight

>> pete williams at the supreme court for us tonight, thanks. >>> it was a big night for republicans, not only in the presidential race, but also in the balance of power in congress. the gop holding control of both the house and the senate. nbc's casey hunt has a look at the new faces about to make waves. >> before tuesday, it was hard for donald trump to find a friend in washington. even in his own party. >> why don't you want to talk about mr. trump in. >> i choose not to. >> president trump is moving in down the street from speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. on wednesday, they started to come around. >> i think what donald trump pulled off is an enormous political feat. it's an enormous feat in that he heard the voices that were out there that other people weren't hearing and he earned a mandate. >> the american people have spoken. >> republican leaders were privately surprised their vulnerable senate incumbents hung on across the map. winning at least a 51-seat majority. >> god bless florida, thank you. >> and expected to win a 47-seat majority in the ho

we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams. what's the latest you're hearing? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a there's no answe question. how many of the e-mails are dupe cats of tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating the clinton e-mail server. fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say they both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the work done. there's just no way to tell how long it's going to take, no progress bar at the bottom of the computer whether we'll have answers by election day. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> so tonight with one week until this campaign is finally over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. after a series of october surprises, the picture is in plucks as we hit the november home stretch. where do things stand right now? no one better to ask than our moderator

. >> pete williams, nbc news washington. >>> two people are dead tonight after a struck new zealand. >> this is what a 7.8 earthquake looks and feels and sounds like. >> that's a big one, too. >> amateur video capturing the terrifyi terrifyiterrify tremurs after midnight. the quake was powerful enough to split roads and crack bridges and stunned residence way from new zealand capitol including brendan perez, a california native. >> were you worried for your life? >> i have experienced before but once things are falling down, i start to get worry. >> five years ago of 185 people died as what's remembered as new zealand's darkest day. >> fatalities appearing so far of the full scale of the damage is still >> nbc news, london. >>> back in this country, wild fires across the southeast have millions of americans on high alerts. more than 40 big fires burning on several state, some of the largest ones in north carolina and georgia. and around the region, extreme drought conditions and several state haves issued air quality alert. >>> now, to an nbc attack here in the u.s. the nypd has sent

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>> pete williams, thank you. >>> there's high drama once again tonight at trump tower. president-elect trump pushing baseless claims that millions voted illegally in the election, costing him the popular vote. there's no evidence of that. meantime, there are reports of deep divisions over perhaps before making office. we get details from nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: reality show drama at trump tower's revolving door with another possible pick for secretary of state. retired general david petraeus. >> very good conversation and we'll see where it goes from here. >> reporter: a top transition source tells nbc news, petraeus is being considered for multiple high-level post,s, despite pleading guilty for mishandling classified information, and donatr for doing the same. later cleared by the fbi. petraeus's appearance highlighting the infighting over who should lead the state department. in trump's orbit, backers of rudy guiliani, a long-time loyalist, and mitt romney, a former never trump leader, coming under unusually public scorn from one of trump's top aides. >> we

we get all the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> okay. >> reporter: the fbi says agents worked 24 hours a day to sort through the e-mails founds on anthony weiner's laptop. >> so sad what's going on. >> reporter: though donald trump and his supporters say it's not possible to go through 650,000 e-mails in eight days. fbi officials say most of the process was headers to isolate those sent to or from huma abedin while hillary clinton was secretary of state. then use a program like this, to delete duplicat duplicates. only a small number, the fbi says, had to be individually read. the fbi investigation is over, but fbi director james comey is left with lots of explaining to do. >> hillary clinton is >> reporter: donald trump supporters say she should have been prosecuted over the e-mails. she said the fbi should never have brought up the latest e-mails without looking at them first. >> the director himself has said he doesn't know whether the e-mails referenced in his letter are significant or not. >> fbi officials say comey wants to give a full accounting of his rol

let's get to nbc's pete williams. pete, put it in perspective for us. >> well, lester, it's a question of how the whole process worked in early voting. trump's lawyers say election officials in four mostly democratic polling places in las vegas illegally stayed open beyond the posted closing time and allowed people to vote who got in line after the polls closed. his lawyers asked the state court judge to set the ballots and voti and reveal the name of all the poll workers. but in a brief hearing, the judge wasn't impressed and said it would lead to harassment. >> do you watch twitter? have you watched any cable news show? there are internet -- the vernacular -- trolls who could get this information and harass people who just want to help their fellow citizens vote. >> reporter: the lawsuit seemed intended to lay the ground work for a later challenge with at most a few hundred votes at stake. scattered complaints that when they pressed the button for straight republican, the machine lit up democratic candidates. no com

we want to bring in our justice correspondent, pete williams. what's the latest you're hearing? >> well, despite a round-the-clock effort, they say investigators are nowhere near being finished analyzing the e-mails found on neath wiener's laptop. a there's no answer yet to one big question. how many of the of tens of thousands already checked by the fbi in investigating the clinton e-mail server. fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch had a brief private meeting yesterday. justice officials say they both agreed on the need to move quickly to get the work done. there's just no way to tell how long it's going to take, no progress bar at the bottom of the computer screen. they say it's impossible to know whether we'll have answers by election >>> so tonight with one week until this campaign is finally over, it all comes down to the map and mining the 270 electoral college votes needed to win. after a series of october surprises, the picture is in plucks as we hit the november home stretch. where do things stand right now? no one better to ask than our moderato