you did not see this man, lester holt on "nbc nightly news." you won't see him tonight either because he's taking a much deserved vacation from his usual weekend jobs now that he's anchoring weekday "nightly news" filling in for suspended brian williams. holt will be back tomorrow night. he's had a lot of pressure on his shoulder. every since he took over from william two weeks ago and to nbc's delight he's holding his own in the ratings. you'll see his last week here and holt's first week. this is poll including a question stark divide among viewers, 52% saying nbc should allow williams back in the anchor chair, 40% saying they should not. what will it mean for williams' future. i asked debra norvell, host of inside edition. thanks for being here. >> my pleasure. >> plett ask you the question everyone is asking. do you think brian williams will be back on "nbc nightly news"? >> i don't think so. i think lester holt is doing a great job. there will be a thought bubble is it real? did he make it up? is this an exaggeration? i think that's too mu

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good >>> when communities find out, they're up in arms that these toxic hazardous explosive crudes are moving through their backyards. >> the explosions are emboldening activists here. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm raj mathai. >>> i'm jessica aguirre. could it happen here? bay area -- tonight there's a push for stricter safety regulations. that train hauling millions of gallons of oil derailed causing at least ten tanker cars to explode with massive flames filling the sky. the explosions led to the evacuation of hundreds of people. robert handa is in san jose. what happened there is what many are worried will happen here. >> reporter: it was making rail safety a higher priority. at that time bay area leaders who are fighting rail transport of crude oil said they were having trouble convincing people that derailment was something to worry about. not anymore. people said the derailment of a train in west virginia looked like a bomb

i'm lester holt in for brian. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night everyone. >>> right now, 6:00. two jewelry heists in a week. they are worth a lot of bling. armed burglars striking in the day. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. three armed robbers rush into a store, order employees to the floor. it's clearly carefully orchestrated. it happened near union square friday just before the noon hour. michelle roberts joins us from san francisco. it sounds like the tiffany heist, too. >> reporter: that's right. the display case is empty tonight. they are closed for the night. outside the front door they have signs saying temporarily closed. they are sorry for the inconvenience. three people armed with a gun stormed into the store and ordered employees to get on the ground. they stole jewelry from the safe and display cases before taking off in a light colored suv. business owners are very worried about the situation. they are closing their doors and increasing security. one woman says she's worried crimes like this will deter shoppers from

lester holt joins us next with nightly news. >> see you back at 6:00. good night, folks. >>> on the broadcast tonight, monster storm. another blizzard about to hit with the intensity of a category 2 hurricane. 70-mile-an-hour winds, cold that feels like 30 below zero. and tonight, our look at what all that snow piling up is doing to homes. >>> was it a hate crime? under intense pressure on authorities, the fbi is now invoed. and the president is weighing in after the murder of three muslim college students sparks a movement. >>> escape from isis. two young women live to tell the world about girls as young as 8 being sold into marriage. tonight, richard engel with a powerful nbc news exclusive. >>> and, the mystery. a dead prosecutor, allegations of a cover-up, and a case that could bring down a very powerful woman. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. thanks for being here this friday night. the dead of winter isn't supposed to be a picn

lester hot lester holt joins us next on nightly news. president obama asked for new war powers in the fight against isis after the death of an american aid worker. why six months into the fight is the president now asking for congress' okay? >>> outraged after the killing of three muslim students in a storied college town. the question tonight, was it an argument over a parking spot or was it a hate crime? >>> the american sniper trial opens in texas. and as chris kyle's widow takes the stand, the ominous message her husband texted a friend on the day he died about the man now on trial for his murder. >>> and $500 million up for grabs. tonight's the night one of the largest jackpots in america history and lines are growing all across the country. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. with the grief still palpable in this country over the death of a young arizona woman held captive by isis, president obama today as

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> i was just so happy to get it back. >> right now at 6:00, a spike in stolen cars in san jose but it's what criminals are doing with the cars that has police on alert. good evening, thank for joining us. >> in the last three days there have been roughly 90 cars stole nn san jose. that's just the beginning. we're in one of the hot spots along story road. damien what did you see today? >> reporter: five of the car threats happened right here in joets over the last three days as you mentioned. these cars are just one of several examples of the spike in burglary in san jose. san jose place stormed the avenue today, arresting one man, charge him with stealing this white honda accord. >> i was so happy to get it back. >> reporter: the car's owner showed up 20 minutes later after getting a call from police. his honda was taken on friday. >> i woke up one morning to go to the store and my car was stolen. there was no broke.

in 2012 chris sat down with lester holt. one year later kyle and close friend chad littlefield took former marine eddie ray routh to a shooting range. they wanted to help him cope with post-traumatic stress but he turned on them. here he is today inside a stephenville courtroom charged with capital murder expected to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. 800 people were summoned to court for routh's trial including clifford sexton who was dismissed. >> i feel like possibly out of this many jurors they can find a fair panel, but i think it's going to be pretty tough. >> reporter: retired texas judge mike sykes. >> ultimately whether the trial's in stephenville or the bronx or beverly hills, people are people. and you're supposed to be able to find fair and impartial jurors wherever the case might be. >> reporter: the real-life sequel to "american sniper" coming soon. jacob rascon nbc news stephenville. >>> we want to take just a moment to tell you where brian is tonight. in a message to his colleagues over the weekend brian

the story was mentioned on nbc news just a short time ago, the weekend edition hosted by lester holt. let's bring in brian salter our senior media correspondent. what struck me about this statement, first the fact that brian williams is taking himself off the anchor chair, not told by anyone to do so but also he said when i come back i will regain your trust. >> this is all the television news industry is talking about right now, as you can imagine, poppy. one thing i keep getting pointed to is that quote, several days. now a clock has started and now people like me and people like the executives at other networks are going to be asking how many more days how many more weeks until brian williams is back? it will create more pressure on nbc to get to this quickly because frankly every day brian williams is on the air is a better day. every day he's off the air is a worse day. >> what do you think we might see in terms of an external investigation? it's one thing to investigate it internally but will we see an external body come in here? >> doesn't seem like nbc has plans for that altho

reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. with the grief still palpable in this country over the death of a young arizona woman held captive by isis president obama today asked congress to authorize the use of force against the terror group. the request at first glance may seem academic given that u.s. warplanes have been pounding isis targets since last summer. but the president's request for a three-year campaign against isis carefully spells out what the fight will and will not look like including under what circumstances american boots will set foot in the combat zone. senior white house correspondent chris jansing joins us now with full details. hello, chris. >> reporter: good evening, lester. the president's critics have been calling for this more authorization since the first fighter jets went up over iraq. but the november election that gave republicans control of both houses of congress had leaders in both parties agreeing that now is the time for a substantive debate over a war the president vows isis will lose. alm

don't love lester holt, you are not human. >> right. >> and everybody loves lester holt. and so you put lester holt in the position, and a solid newsman and up there, and you say you are putting him up are there in six months, and a allows nbc not to make an announcement up there long term. >> and look at the ratings and see if they hold up and not fire brian and see if all of the thing, and what happens here. but i will bet you and i talked to you about this before, but brian is part of the decision. and i'll bet you that it is not the sort of thing, and okay, brian, come n and here is the decision a jound been suspended for six months, and my guess is that brian is part of this, because in my view this is a good outcome for brian considering where we are with the public trust. >> and brian stelter, this is going to go along with what you reported earlier here on cnn, a meeting at 30 rock today, and brian left the meeting today, correct, and he was in good spirits? >> and the meeting with ceo of steve burke's house, a and he had a meeting at the penthouse, and they met,

the weekend anchor lester holt will fill in for williams during the suspension. but the big question can brian williams come back from all of that? we're joined now from los angeles. matthew, thank you very much for being with us. that is the question six months is a long time to be out of the public eye. do you expect brian williams to come back six months from now? >> that's the big question everyone is asking. i do think he will be back. i don't know it will be such a face of the network role but i do think he will be back. these days six months is a long time but it's a long time for people to forget. laura logan was suspended by cbs for a faulty report and she's back on that network. i think brian williams does have a chance but there are those that believe this six-month period is to allow them to negotiate a proper exit and have a replacement there for him. >> let's take the other side of the weekend, brian williams didn't kill anybody or go on the air and deliberately lie, i guess. he embellished a story. a little closer to the action than he really was.

lester holt will fill in for six months. but if you're right this he doesn't return to the chair, who is likely to fill his shoes? >> i will rather doubt -- this is just as a viewer, not as an insider at nbc -- i really doubt that lester holt is going to be the heir apparent. i will not be surprised if nbc really did a wide search at potentially other networks and found someone to move up. you're right, absolutely about the business implications of this. brian williams has been the face of nbc news. they are the top-rated evening newscast even with all the challenges that network news has faced now. among the key demographics brian williams was making -- has a contract for $10 million a year. it is from a business standpoint very tough, but long term for nbc it would be more damaging to keep him on. >> of course in this era of social media, it just has not stopped, the criticisms. and a few supporter there on twitter. certainly across the board, people have had enough. they're making their thoughts and their views known by m

i'm lester holt. thanks for watching. for all of us at nbc news, good night. >>> it's not something that any parent should have to ever endure. ever. >> right now a hero is mourned after being gunned down over cheap cigars. tonight, a mother tells us he was protecting her son. good evening. thank you for joining us. >> we have new information tonight about the final moments of a san jose security guard. a witness says he jumped in the line of fire to save a friend's life. nbc bay area's michelle roberts is at the growing memorial for the guard with an emotional tribute from the mother of the man he saved. michelle? >> reporter: that's right. he's being called a hero. manuel zuniga was working here on saturday. he got involved in a robbery, tried to put a stop to it and that's when he was shot and killed. tonight, the memorial is growing, people paying tribute. meanwhile, police are still looking for the people responsible. >> and it's not something that any parent should have to ever endure. ever. >> sandra morales says s

lester holt read part of williams' statement yesterday on "nightly news." >> a word tonight about our colleague, brian williams who you may know has been under scrutiny this past week over his recollection of certain stories he's covered. this afternoon brian issued a statement that says in part "it has become painfully apparent to me that i am presently too much a part of the news due to my actions." he goes on to say, "i have decided to take myself off of my daily broadcast for the next several days." >> lester holt will fill in while brian williams is off. meanwhile, the president of nbc news says that there is an internal investigation into williams' past statements. >>> well it's something that won't be here today, a fresh blanket of snow. this is a live look at rochester, new york where some snow fell overnight. they are in for more snow this week. it's going to be falling tonight into tomorrow morning. let's check in now with first alert meteorologist, michelle grossman. dry out there for us right, michelle? >> yeah, thank goodness. the beginning of the workweek looks like we c

"nightly news" with lester holt is next. >> see you at 6:00. good night, folks. >>> on the broadcast tonight, disaster on the tracks. another commuter train plows into a vehicle in its path. tonight passengers critically injured and the fiery impact. >>> out of control. this relentless record cold. when will it end? crippling conditions on the roads north to south. >>> sudden explosionhatters a quiet neighborhood and blows a home to bits. a terrifying moment caught on camera. >>> to the jury, closing arguments of the "american sniper" trial in texas. we're there live. >>> and mystery in the sky. who was buzzing paris landmarks from the eiffel tower to the u.s. embassy with drones in the dead of night, and why? >>> "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york,

two years ago, lester holt talked with kyle about helping veterans strugg with post stress disorder. one of those veterans was routh. defense attorneys have said that routh will plead not guilty by reason of insanity. lester spoke with kyle's widow in december. >> the guys that i know that ha ptsd still love their families and they struggle with other things. they don't kill somebody else. >> defense attorneys tried to move and delay the trial arguing kyle is too popular in the small county following the release of that movie. coming up in the next half hour we'll have a live report from texas with more on this case. >>> lester holt will anchor "nightly news" for the next sevel days. brian williams says he's taking temporary leave because he's become too much a part of the news. he apologized for claiming to come under attack while working in iraq 12 years ago. >>> giving it another go. spacex tries to launch a rocket into says for the second time today. we'll take a look at the mission. >>> and vandals hit dozens of vehicles in a matter of hours. >>> a live look outside this morning

reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. as so many in this country look on with revulsion at the atrocities and brutality of isis overseas, there has been a slow trickle of others who have been compelled to travel to syria to join the movement. and that said the fbi arrested two new york men arrested here in the u.s. today allegedly were preparing to join the fight there or wage war on u.s. soil. in all three people were arrested today and charged with conspireing to help isis to the point of supporting or carrying out attacks here at home. we get the latest from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: at new york's kennedy airport fbi arrested a brooklyn man headed overseas to join isis fighters. they accuse him of plotting with another brooklyn man, juraboev to get to syria through turkey. authorities say, if the men couldn't get there they talked of staging attacks here perhaps planting a obama at coney island or killing president obama or the police. >> it was quite plain based on the raw statements that i

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. >>> right now at 6:00 a bay area pilot was only in the air for a few minutes before his plane lost power and needed to land. luck oo for him, there was golf course nearby. hear from the pilot who hit that fair way. good evening, everyone. >> this something you certainly don't expect to see while golf awning a beautiful sunday. a small plane crashing at an east bay golf course. the pilot luckily is not hurt. the crash happened at the sky west golf course near 880 and 280 interchanges. anannette, you say you talked

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" then right back here tomorrow evening. good night everyone. right now at 6:00 heating up on valentine's day. near record heat across the bay area where hundreds flocked so they could enjoy the sun. >> first a destructive fire in the south bay in morning. two auto shops go up in flames. the smoke still can be seen for miles causing a lot of problems for nearby residents. we'll have the latest. good evening. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. firefighters say they are not done. crews are still on the scene mopping up after a fire in san jose. it's still sending up smoke. it destroyed two businesses at the corner of commercial street and berryessa road early this morning. marianne favro joins us now live at the scene. the smoke was so bad, firefighters put out an evacuation alert. is the that right? >> that's true. the office of emergency services actually issued an evacuation alert to neighbors who were downwind from here because the smoke

reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. >>> it has happened before. a deadly terror attack on a crowded modern shopping mall. and so it might be hard to dismiss entirely out of hand a new threat issued by the terror group al shabaab that identifies major malls by name inside and outside this country as targets. as it often does in these cases, the u.s. government's walking a careful line here insisting tonight that there's no specific credible threat while at the same time urging the public to exercise heightened awareness. it's a threat especially hitting home in minnesota. nbc's kristen welker is outside the famous mall of america, one of the threatened targets, with more for us. kristen. >> reporter: lester, good evening. shopping traffic has been steady here at the nation's largest mall despite that video calling for an attack here. the white house today insisted that there is no plot that they are aware of. still this latest threat has sent shock waves through this community and the rest of the country. inside the mall of america this afternoon h

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> i pray for intervention but we ultimately fear the absolute worst. >> right now at 6:00 the terror in the middle east is hitting close to home. good evening. thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> >> tonight a northern california couple is fearing the worse, but they are praying for mercy. their prayers for family members in syria kidnapped by isis militants. those militants stormed the village where the family lived and took hostages with them. mark mathews met with them today in modesto. it must seem unreal to them. we are outside the church with they attend and neighbors were planning a candle light vigil tomorrow. they have been in touch with family members. they are trying to bring attention to the plight of their family members in syria in hopes of bringing some help. ramel and charlotte david tell me the call came sunday afternoon from a nephew in syria. >> that happened in monday morning. at 4:00 in th

reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. tens of millions of people in the eastern half of the country woke up in the danger zone today. that rush of siberian air we were warned of came in with a vengeance. it's led to at least 25 deaths as temperatures have free fallen. in all, 27 states have seen below zero temperatures today. not the wind chill, the actual temperature. pelston, michigan, 35. frankfurt, kentucky, minus 21. lynchburg, virginia, 11 below. just some of the eye-watering lows. this season's unrelenting snowstorms now the waves of arctic cold are pushing people and all the things we depend on to the breaking point in so many places, and the danger is only increasing. we start in nashville tonight with nbc's gabe gutierrez. hello, gabe. >> reporter: lester, good evening. multiple crashes are being reported across nashville right now during the evening commute. earlier today we saw snow, right now sleet and later tonight freezing rain is expected. across the country more than 500 daily record lows have been broken

i'm lester holt. and for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> i think it's shameful and truly an embarrassment to the people of california. >> it's clear for the vip reception honoring a controversial figure. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm -- >> mark. >> we're outside the merchant ss. raj. some people are very intimate with michael peevey's investigation and the state of them in the state o california. we heard from a lot of them but not a lot of people showing up to protest michael peevy, the former head is going to be honored by his friends at tonight's $250 a plate dinner but what the invitation says is a lifetime of service to the people of california. >> and here's the -- let me show you. this is a copy of the invitation for tonight's convenient. >> state senator jerry hill is not among the invited. he calls the dinner shameful and an embarrassment to the citizens of california. >> i think more importantly we should ask the famili

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. right now at 6:00 google gets into the game with the office space of the future. but will the expansion plans be too much for the peninsula to handle? good evening and thanks for joining is. i'm janelle wang. >> i'm raj mathai. if you google mountview, google comes up. the company is taking over block by block. tonight we're getting our first clear look at google's next big thing, which has a lot of people concerned. we begin with the new images given top scott budman. they show the buildings but not the traffic. >> that's true, raj. that shouldn't it be too hard for residents to imagine though. the tech industry is growing so quickly, lots of companies have plans to expand and expand with style. google the latest company to propose a new headquarters complete with the new buildings new architecture some of the sblgs actually shift and yes, they have some ideas how to make things less crowded. >> hello, martin. >> google made it official it wants to change the way you think of the cor

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> he's a hero for that. >> right now at 6:00 a security guard killed while doing his job. police say there's a break in this case. >> i'm raj mathai. >> an investigation into the shooting death of a security guard who witnesses say took a bullet for a friend. police say they've made arrests in the case. michelle roberts broke the story earlier today. we're in that neighborhood. any shell? >> reporter: the shoot inging happened here on saturday. there were a lot of people around. police say they are still interviewing witnesses who were here when it happened but they do say they have enough evidence to arrest two people and more could be coming. 36-year-old father and security guard manny zuniga was shot and killed on saturday night. today san jose poelice confirm for nbc bay area that two men have been arrested for his murder. >> the homicide detectives are still actively working this case. and still have a lot of wor

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. >>> right now at 6:00 are you about to be stung? investigators in the south bay will soon have a new hi-tech tracking device. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm raj mathai. >> that system offered referred to as a stingray uses cell phone towers to find and follow specific :zhm- users. now the santa clara county sheriff is on board. robert honda is in san t- security grant by may in order to pay for the device. several members of the public and a prominent supervisor were$%d not convinced she's done enough to make sure the device isn't used the wrong way. >> lori smith was asking for funds from the board of supervisors for a so-called triangulation system. the device known as stingray and hailstorm utilizes is cell phone towers to zero in on a phone location. sheriff smith pointed out the device has been used mainly in rescues including locating a woman who crashed off a cliff in october

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today." good night. >> announcer: nbc bay area news starts now. >> right now, at 6:00. people running from the flames. fire fighters battling a quick-moving fire that could be seen for miles. good evening i'm peggy bunker. terry mcsweeney is on assignment at the super bowl to night. joining us soon. well it burned so fast and spread very quickly. now several people are out of their homes. the fire nearly destroys a san francisco apartment building. the blaze broke out on mcallister in the city's alamo square neighborhood. nbc bay area's christie smith is live at the scene. firefighters have been so busy laty. >> they have been. and, that is that some residents are being allowed back in at least to gather some items. and then they're leaving again. red cross of course on scene helping those who might need it. after a stubborn four alarm fire that broke out early this afternoon. took firefighters an hour to contain the fire. firefighters are telling us it started in the first floor, rear of a c

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today," and right back here tomorrow evening. have a good night everyone. >>> right now at 6:00 the calm between the storms. some places drying out after yesterday's heavy rain. however, the rain has not stopped in certain parts of the bay area. we have complete coverage of this stormy weekend. good evening to you. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. on your left you see the golden gate bridge. dark clouds hanging out there. but it's still a beautiful bridge. on the right san jose. the sun peeking out. seems calmer. live team coverage for you tonight. nbc area's na net miranda has been on the road all day. christie smith live in san francisco with how the power company reacting to all this. first rob may yed da. when does the next batch of rain come to town? >> right now we are counting down the hairs of this had break between weather systems. heavy showers have pushed off toward the east. you see here this is a look at our sunday storm system.

i'm lester holt in for brian. we hope you to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >> it's not just in the schools. it's everywhere. it's in the libraries. it's in the airplanes. it's in the grocery stores. >> right now at 6:00 a father's push to fight potentially dangerous viruses in schools is being heard tonight. good evening, everybody. >> the measles debate is getting heated at a school board meeting tonight drawing national attention. the father of a first grader wants to ban students who have not been vaccinated. nbc bay area's mark matthews is in tiburon this evening. political power players are also there tonight. >> reporter: we have a couple state senators one state senator and a representative from another and a state assemblyman here. the meeting just getting under way. we first told you about the parents pressing a case with the school here in tiburon. tonight they are asking these state lawmakers to repeal the exemption that allows parents to opt out of vaccinations. this 6-year-old boy cannot be vaccinated because his system is not strong

he says i will be back. >> he will be away for several days and lester holt will be filling in. lester holt on tonight will have a long number of days to be working and the question is how many. how many days will he be stepping away and will it turn up more troubling allegations and will outside journalists who are now pouring over brian williams' reports about other big news stories, like hurricane katrina, opportunity up any more damaging information that just make it is impossible for him to come back to work? >> let's bring into the conversation. frank sesno is joining us on the phone. also robert thompson center for media studies at syracuse university. frank, let me begin with you. you are speaking about this earlier saying some are questioning whether brian williams was too big to fail basically, and whether or not an internal investigation is the right move. what is your take given that he himself is stepping aside temporarily. >> i think this is a very smart thing for him to do and whether he's done it or has been pushed to do it he does it in his name. there's a degre

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today," with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today." i'm lester holt. >> i'm erica hill alongside sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer. >> let's get to the top story. that is the weather. in parts of california and washington state, nearly a foot of rain has fallen in northern california causing flooding problems. this is what they are calling the pineapple express bringing strong winds with it knocking out power to hundreds of thousands. nbc's miguel almaguer is in sacramento for us. miguel good morning. >> reporter: lester the rain has finally let up after pounding the region. buckets of water overnight. the sacramento river did rise a couple of inches but has gone down. this is all brought on by the pineapple express that could bring up to 10 inches of rain in northern california before this is all said and done. in the region hundreds of thousands of people lost power. accidents across i-80. it was shutdown for some time last night. many people today are clea

. >> i'm lester holt tonight sitting in for brian. >>> anxious months and months of hope and worry has turned to unimaginable grief today for family and friends of hostage kayla mueller. kayla is in fact dead. her isis captors first reported her death last week claiming she died in a jordanian air raid. but offered no proof at the time. leaving her family back in arizona a glimmer of hope. today president obama said about the young aid worker how she lived her life she epitomized all that is good in our world. it is the written words of kayla herself that tells us who she is and defines her remarkable courage. the report from her hometown, prescott, arizona. >> reporter: emotions are strong tonight a year and a half after kayla was taken captive by isis. they received a message from her captors confirming her death. >> kayla has touched the heart of the world. the world grieves with us. the world mourns with us. the world wants to be more like kayla. and if that is her legacy and the footprint she leaves on the world, then that is a wonderful thing. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell nbc

lester holt read part of williams' statement yesterday on "nightly news". >> a word tonight about our colleague, brian williams who you may know has been under scrutiny this past week about his recollection of certain stories he's covered. tonight, brian issued a statement saying it has become painfully apparent to me that i presently too much a part of the news due to my actions. he goes on to say, i have decided to take myself off of my daily broadcast for the next several days. >> lester holt will fill in while brian williams is off over these next few days. meantime, the president of nbc news says there is an internal investigation into williams' past statements. >>> let's head now to california, where police say there is no indication that the paparazzi was chasing a reality tv star at the time he was involved in a deadly crash. bruce jenner was not hurt in the multiple-car accident on pacific coast highway in malibu yesterday afternoon. however, another driver died. because celebrity photographers immediately posted picturesua>ç/ e crash online there was initially some concern

in 2012 chris sat down with lester holt. one year later kyle and close friend chad littlefield took former marine eddie ray routh to a shooting range. they wanted to help him cope with post-traumatic stress, but he turned on them. that night routh confessed to killing both men. here he is today inside a stephenville courtroom charged with capital murder, expected to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. 800 people were summoned to court for routh's trial including clifford sexton who was dismissed. >> i feel like possibly out of this many jurors they can find a fair panel, but i think it's going to be pretty tough. >> reporter: retired texas judge mike sykes. >> ultimately whether the trial's in stephenville or the bronx or beverly hills, people are people. and you're supposed to be able to find fair and impartial wherever the case might be. >> reporter: the real-life sequel to "american sniper" coming soon. jacob rascon, nbc news, stephenville. >>> we want to take just a moment to tell you where brian is tonight. in a mes

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good >>> breaking couples news sofia and joe's wedding suddenly on hold. >> now, on "extra." >> wedding postponed. why sofia and joe are are putting the brakes on their i dos hours after hitting the oscar party circuit. >> bruce jenner in drag. curly hair heavy make up and heels. jenner cross dressing for a tv special. >> orlando bloom's run in with his ex miranda kerr. exclusive new photos from vanity fair's oscar barb. the stunt that stunned jen aniston. >> and who was clint eastwooded

i'm lester holt. for all of us >>> lights, camera, access. >>> hi taylor. how are you? >> i'm doing great. i'm doing great. >> so much to share about the man who will marry the lady. i'm billy bush. and you'll have the priceless observations of our proposal

i'm lester holt. thanks for watching. for all of us at nbc news, good night. >>> good morning i'm "first alert" meteorologist sheena parveen. we have a "first alert" for you. tonight into tuesday morning. part of the area we will see quite a bit of snow. heaviest snow will remain south of philadelphia and it will be impacting the morning ush, especially if you live in south jersey and delaware. that's where we expect the highest snowfall amounts. the snow is moving slowly into parts of delaware most of it around washington and points north and west and will pass through as we go overnight tonight before we see any clearing. in parts of dwirelaware, we have snow falling overnight tonight. here's a look at future weather. the snow moves in

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" then right back here tomorrow evening. good night eve >> 50 shades of grey is finally here. and just in time for valentine's day weekend. hi everybody. welcome to "access hollywood". just weekend edition i'm shaun robinson. tim vincent in london where fans whipped in a frenzy at the film premier. >> this is we want to see them. >> i'm so excited to be here i'm a little distracted. sorry. >> i feel sort of extra special >> i feel sort of extra special. >> about are you cold notch i'm completely numb. >> i don't believe anything. >> at the moment. >> i have sear o. i just fell like my face keeps twitching. >>reporter: twitch a little different than the

reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. tonight the coldest weather of the season is settling in across much of the country's eastern half. this winter of extremes has already exacted a heavy toll. dozens of weather-related deaths from ohio to tennessee where this week at least 15 people have died, a third from hypothermia. right now the siberian express is spreading across the east bringing single digit and below zero temperatures from the great lakes to the northeast. and even record lows in florida. let's start in nashville with nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: relentless, snow, ice and now subzero below average have much of the country frozen over. in michigan new video of an officer somehow surviving this crash over the weekend. in tennessee a dashcam captured another close call. a worker clearing a crash scene barely managed to jump out of the way of a pickup truck. have you ever seen this many here? >> not over this brief period of time. >> reporter: vanderbilt children's hospital in nashville has treated more than

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today," and right back here tomorrow evening. have a good night everyone. >> the bobbi chris 10 a brown tragedy. hi everybody. welcome to "access hollywood", welcome to "access hollywood", weekend edition i'm shaun robinson. week ago whitney and bobbi 21-year-old daughter was found unrae responsive in her atlanta home under circumstances early similar to those of her late mother. >> rescue 4. possible card ybing arrest. 21-year-old female in the bath tub. physician down. en route. >>reporter: 10:00 a.m. last saturday rescue team race to bobbi kristen a home and brought her to the er at north fulton hospital in atlanta. the initial police report listed the incident as drowning listed the incident as drowning. on tuesday bobbi kristen a moved to 0emery university hospital which is

i'm lester holt. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today." for all of us at nbc news thank you for watching and good night. >> bob simon's driver from hell. his license suspended nine times. >> the shocking past of the man man behind the wheel of simon's deadly crash now on extra. >> bob simon's doomed final ride with a rookie show fur, his checkered past bad arm and suicide attempt. plus simon and simon. close bond with the pregnant daughter who was also his colleague at 60 minutes. >> the devil hates diapers. vogue annoyed by kim k's baby. all new photos as the starsinvade the biggest week of fashion. blake lively and how bieber

that's with lester holt in 30 minutes. >>> new video tonight shows the terrifying moment when two gunmen took over an east bay pizza shop. they not only robbed the restaurant but shot an employee. it happened last night at the little caesars at the corner of san pablo in el cerrito. jodi hernandez is there with more on the crime and the victim. and jodi she apparently gave everything the robbers wanted and still got shot. >> reporter: i'll tell you, these guys were very bold. now, the merchants here at this shopping center have gone to great lengths to discourage bad behavior. you can see the warning sign behind us letting folks know that there are a lot of surveillance cameras out here. we're going to pan up and show you one rks, two, three. and if we push down a little farther, four five surveillance cameras outside, but that did not stop the two robbers from hitting the little caesars. >> robbing a pizza store, that's just a fool, man. not cool at all. >> reporter: it's the violent robbery captured all on surveillance camera. police say two masked men armed with a gun stormed into the

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news thank you for watching and good night. >>> bruce jenning facing possible man slaughter charges. does new video evidence prove he caused the deadly wreck? >> now, on "extra." >>> bruce jenner's car crash caught on a bus cam the video recreation today. why the new footage could be the smoke gun that puts jenner behind bars. >>> empire star terrance howard targeted with death threats. >> did his ex-wife sends chilling instagram messages that had terrance fearing for his family's safety. >> kendall jenner is the new black. her stunning catwalk. >> adam glassman is our man inside with every major designer

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> nbc news legend tom brokaw's first interview about the brian williams scandal. >> now, on "extra." >>> tom brokaw speaking out about his successor's fall from grace. >> what are your thoughts about that whole situation? >> "extra" with brokaw, and the other tom who was with williams the night the story broke. >>> bruce jenner facing financial ruin? >> why his car crash could wipe him out. >>> then -- [ screaming ] >> will and jada's nate night. tracey is with held's buffest super couple. >> buns and guns. >> talking his and her sex scenes. >> he has the body of a 20-year-old. >> i'll say it again. he

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good nigh >> the kardashian' record smashing 1 hundred million dollars deal? >> this front page headline says it all. now on "extra." >> dash rhymes with cash. kim and her famous family lock in the deal of the accept tree to stay on tv. >> we work hard and we play hard. we mostly work hard. >> how much each of the girls will rocket. bruce and robout cut out of the deal. kim and kanye at the star star packed britt awards asthma donna crash lands on stage. >> imagine's first words about her fall. >> robin williams daughter zelda sits for her first interview

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today," and right back here tomorrow evening. have a good night everyone. >> the bobbi chris 10 a brown tragedy. hi everybody. welcome to "access hollywood", welcome to "access hollywood", weekend edition i'm shaun robinson. week ago whitney and bobbi 21-year-old daughter was found unrae responsive in her atlanta home under circumstances early similar to those of her late mother. >> rescue 4. possible card ybing arrest. 21-year-old female in the bath tub. physician down. en route. >>reporter: 10:00 a.m. last saturday rescue team race to bobbi kristen a home and brought her to the er at north north fulton hospital in atlanta. the initial police report listed the incident as drowning listed the incident as drowning. on tuesday bobbi kristen a moved to 0emery university hospital which is the no. 1 rank hospital in atlanta. her father bobby and nick demand she call her husband kept vigil at her bedside. about two week ago bobbi visited some any a tattoo w

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> lights camera access. >>> hey, taylor hey kanye, i had dinner with kanye. >>> is a collaboration with kanye coming together? i'm billy bush with taylor's nonstop new york blitz, including the jam session with paul

lester holt joins us at 5:30. >>> just in to our newsroom the teenager accused of attacking a pizza delivery driver will be charged as an adult. that announcement from the contra costa county district attorney's office. the victim told police the 17-year-old suspect approached her with a gun as she was making a pizza delivery in antioch on sunday. she says the teen ordered her to drive to another location where he sexually assaulted her. he then robbed her before taking off. police arrested him a short time later. >>> new at 5:00 you see people do it all the time texting while driving, and maybe you've done it too, but today, three police departments on the peninsula joined forces to crack down on distracted drivers. nbc bay area's marianne favro is live in foster city with the latest on this enforcement effort. >> reporter: janelle, this intersection on foster city boulevard is just one of the areas targeted today. officers issued 87 citations, and most of those were for people who were not using a hands-free device. today, eight officers from burlingame, san mateo and foster city spent the

. >> good evening, i'm lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. >>> anxious months and months of hope and worry has turned to unimaginable grief today for family and friends of hostage kayla mueller. they received the confirmation they had been dreading that kayla is in fact dead. her isis captors first reported her death last week, claiming she died in a jordanian air raid. but offered no proof at the time leaving her family back in arizona a glimmer of hope. today president obama said about the young aid worker, how she lived her life, she epitomized all that is good in our world. but it is the written words of kayla herself tonight that tell us who she was and define her remarkable courage. joe fryer fryer reports from her hometown, prescott, arizona. >> reporter: emotions are strong tonight in kayla mueller's hometown a year and a half after she was taken captive by isis. they received a message from her captors confirming her death. >> kayla has touched the heart of the world. the world grieves with us. the world mourns with us. the world wants to be more like kayla. and if that

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> lights, camera, access. ♪ >> what caused madonna's fall and a lot more went down at the brit awards. i'm billy bush. what did kanye do to cause these