"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. we begin here tonight with a developing story. the federal agency responsible for securing everything from the planes we fly on to our borders and ports is in limbo tonight and on the verge of losing its funding just hours from now. a short time ago the house of representatives voted against extending funding to the department of homeland security, which has been a pawn in a high stakes partisan chess game. we'll get into the politics of how we got here in a moment, but first what it means to the american public and the hard choices homeland security officials are facing tonight. let's turn to senior white house correspondent chris jansing. hi, chris. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this is a stunning turn of events. speaker john boehner didn't have enough support for the republicans' own proposal. so now with a shutdown of homeland security just hours away, the next steps aren't clear. a chaotic outcome for thousands of federal e

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. the identity of the british-accented executioner, the man who's become the face of isis brutality, has apparently been unmasked. until now he's been known by the nickname jihadi john but a senior u.s. intelligence official confirms to nbc news that a london-raised former university student is a sinister figure whose videotape beheadings of western hostages have horrified people around the world. and tonight with the real name we are beginning to unravel his journey from the neighborhoods of west london to syria to the hierarchy of isis. with more, here's nbc's keir simmons. >> we are an islamic state. >> reporter: his british accent was one of the few clues to his identity. isis prop gand ta videos only his eyes showing from behind a hood. but today he was identified. he is mohammed emwazi mid-20s, came to the uk in 1994. the son of a well-to-do family that reportedly lives in this middle class london home where police and reporters

nbc news has suspended brian williams for six months without pay. the president deborah turness wrote in part quote, january the 30th, 2015, brian misrepresented events which occurred while he was covering the iraq war in 2003. it then became clear that on other occasions, brian had done the same thing, telling that story in other venues. this was wrong and completely inappropriate for someone in brian's position. in addition we have concerns about comments that occurred outside of nbc news while brian was talking about his experiences in the field. as managing editor, and anchor of nightly news brian has a responsibility to be truthful and to uphold the high standards of the news division at all times. joining me now fo reaction, howard kurtz, and hollywood reporter melissa guthrie. thank you both for being with us. howard, what's your reaction to this? they say they want railroad brian to -- they want brian to succeed and come back. >> this is nbc salvaging its own credibility as well as brian williams and getting a shot at being able to come back

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news," reporting tonight lester holt. >>> good evening. the identity of the british-accented executioner, the man who's become the face of isis brutality has apparently been unmasked. until now known as jihadi john, but senior u.s. intelligence official confirms that a london-raised former university student is the sinister figure whose videotape taunts and beheadings of western hostages have horrified people around the world. and tonight with the real name we are beginning to unravel his journey from the neighborhoods of west london to syria to the hierarchy of isis. with more, here's nbc's keir simmons. >> we are an islamic -- >> reporter: his british accent was one of the few clues to his identity in isis propaganda s eyes showing from behind a hood. but today he was identified. he is mohammed emwazi, came to uk in 1994. the son of a well-to-do family that reportedly lives middle class home wher gathered far from the desert where emwazi was the front man. american journalist james foley

was nbc news with brian williams. it has enjoyed high atop the ratings and frankly across high credibility ratings across this nation. abc world news changed to abc "world news tonight" as diane sawyer left and bill mier came in. often where nbc might be able to capitalize. and all of a sudden one thank you at one hockey game turns into a spiral that absolutely no one could have predicted. deborah turnness the relatively new head at nbc has sent out a statement and before we begin some analysis i want to read that statement for you in its entirety. the memo is from nbc news president deborah turnness and it's addressed to all. meaning all within the nbc news and comcast family but it is certainly for all the world now. and i quote: we have decided today to suspend brian williams as managing editor and anchor of nbc nightly news for six months. the suspension will be without pay and is effective immediately. we let brian know of our decision earlier today. lester holt will continue to substitute anchor the nbc nightly

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." 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 temperatures some 40 degrees 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 dash cam 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 sliding injuries here? >> not over this

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." 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 ch

was nbc news with brian williams. it has enjoyed high atop the ratings and frankly across high credibility ratings across this nation. abc world news changed to abc "world news tonight" as diane sawyer left and bill mier came in. often where nbc might be able to capitalize. and all of a sudden one thank you at one hockey game turns into a spiral that absolutely no one could have predicted. deborah turnness the relatively new head at nbc has sent out a statement and before we begin some analysis i want to read that statement for you in its entirety. the memo is from nbc news president deborah turnness and it's addressed to all. meaning all within the nbc news and comcast family but it is certainly for all the world now. and i quote: we have decided today to suspend brian williams as managing editor and anchor of nbc nightly news for six months. the suspension will be without pay and is effective immediately. we let brian know of our decision earlier today. lester holt will continue to substitute anchor the nbc nightly

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news," reporting tonight lester holt. >>> good evening. the identity of the british-accented executioner, the man who's become the face of isis brutality has apparently been unmasked. until now known as jihadi john but senior u.s. intelligence official confirms that a london-raised former university student is the sinister figure whose videotape taunts and beheadings of western hostages have horrified people around the world. and tonight with the real name we are beginning to unravel his journey from the neighborhoods of west london to syria to the hierarchy of isis. with more here's nbc's keir simmons. >> we are an islamic -- >> reporter: his british accent was one of the few clues to his identity in isis propaganda videos only his eyes showing from behind a hood. but today he was identified. he is mohammad emwazi came to kuwait in 1994. the son of a well-to-do family that reportedly lives in this middle class home where police gathered far from the desert where emwazi was the front man.

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight lester holt. >>> good evening. the misery of this winter to remember is extending its reach into places that we usually go to escape the cold. wind chill advisories or warnings are posted right now in 17 states as a blast of arctic air promises to send temperatures into the single digits from the midwest on into the northeast. and well below normal temperatures for the deep south in florida. this ahead of a weekend snowstorm bearing down in the northeast. boston already buried under more than six feet of snow is under a blizzard watch again tonight. where will they put it all? let's turn to nbc's ron mott in boston. hi, ron. >> reporter: hey, lester. good evening to you. light snow falling tonight, as you mentioned. bitter cold air on the way tonight only going to make the bigger job of digging out that much tougher. there's a car underneath here. the bigger job plenty of those around boston tonight, reinforcements are finally here. snow-fighting backup has arrived

i'm not inside nbc news. i don't know what goes on there, it's a whole world unto itself, as you know all networks are. i don't know why people wouldn't have gone to him and said, you can't tell these tal tales or you'll get in hot water. >> perhaps those employees were spoken to and told the truth as they remembered it and perhaps that's what's led to these conclusions. we don't know. >> that all seems to be water under the bridge now. >> i've got howie coming up, but do you think he can survive this? do you think he'll be back on the air in six months? >> i don't know. i certainly hope so. i really like the guy. and i feel terrible for him tonight. >> yeah. i think you speak for a lot of us. brit, good to see you. >> thank you. >>> up next fox's howie and bernie are here. they will weigh in whether we will see brian williams back on the air in six months. plus i will ask them, why the media seems so determined to cover this story so aggressively and not so much some very public falsehoods told by some very

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news." 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. 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

officials are telling nbc news the u.s. will announce shortly that it is temporarily closing the american embassy in yemen because of the government's takeover by hardline shiite rebels linked to iran. as unrest grew there three weeks ago, most personnel were already moved out and all but emergency services were suspended. the rebel group announced a formal takeover of the capital on friday, but the pentagon insisted today that critical american counterterror operations will continue inside the country. >>> tonight the snow has finally stopped falling in boston, for now. but as much as the city wants to dig out and get moving again, tempers have reached a boiling point as most mass transit has come to a grinding halt and there is more snow on the way. nbc's ron mott remains in snowbound beantown for us tonight. ron, good evening. >> reporter: hey, lester, good evening. this should be the evening rush, this whole plaza should be full of people trying to get underground to get a train home. but today there were no trains. tha

nbc suspends jon stewart for -- >> our breaking news. nbc suspends brian williams for six months without pay, and jon stewart steps down from "the daily show." >> and this is a rapid change with two titans on the camera in news and entertainment. the dredge report says that the end of fake news and the end of real news, and obviously, playful, but these are two of the biggest television stars stepping s aaside voluntarily or forced to. brian williams is the most popular news anchor in the country, and he is being benched by his network for exaggerating the truth. that is extraordinary. and then jon stewart who has pioneered a new form of news and satire in the country is stepping aside to create a vacancy who ke we can speculate who is going to be filling that. >> and so let's talk about brian williams here, because in the relees release from the network and steve burke, the ceo, and his own message ended in here, and they said that while on the "nbc nightly news" bryant misrepresent and we know went on to represent his position, but the

. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. substituting tonight, peter alexander. >>> tonight, what may be the highest profile assassination in russia since the stalin era. the target one of vladimir putin's biggest critics boris nemtsov was gunned down in the kremlin considered to be one of the securest areas. today, president putin vowed to personally oversee the investigation even as other critics of the kremlin are expressing fear for their own lives. we begin tonight with nbc's kelly cobiella. >> reporter: to russians it was unthinkable. boris nemtsov, former deputy prime minister now prominent opposition leader shot four times in the back gunned down 200 yards from the kremlin. police say the shots were fired from this abandoned white car. it's not clear who's behind the attack but russian investigators floated several theories. it was a contract killing. the work of islamic extremists. or a provocation to destabilize the country politically. to nemtsov's friends, it's a political assassination. >> he's a martyr now. he

>>> "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." 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 c

now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >> 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

jacob rascon, nbc news, louisiana. >>> that's nbc nightly news for this sunday, we hope you'll join us back here tomorrow night. 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

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. we begin here tonight with a developing story. the federal agency responds securing everything from the planes we fly onto our borders and ports is in limbo tonight. and on the verge of losing its funding just hours from now. a short time ago the house of representatives voted against extending funding to the department of homeland security, which has been a pawn in a high stakes partisan chess game. we'll get into the politics of how we got here in a moment, but first what it means to the american public and the hard choices homeland security officials are facing tonight. let's turn to senior white house correspondent chris jansing, hi, chris. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this is a stunning turn of events. speaker john boehner didn't have enough support for the republicans own proposal. so now with a shutdown of homeland security just hours away, the next steps aren't clear. a chaotic outcome for thousands of federal employees

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." 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 coun

>>> "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. there's been yet another violent collision between a commuter train and a vehicle stopped on the traction. this happened just north of los angeles in oxnard, california. the metro link train carrying early-morning l.a.-bound commuters simply couldn't stop in time when a truck wound up in its path. dozens were injured, three critically, and the ntsb is arriving tonight to lead the search for answers after a rash of similar accidents at rail crossings across the country. let's get right to the scene in oxnard now. miguel almaguer is there for us. >> reporter: lester, good evening. the commute into los angeles turned into a fireball on the rails. tonight, wreckage is strewn all over the rails behind me. federal investigators are en route here. they say it's incredible no one was killed. the fiery moments just after impact sent panicked passengers scrambling for their lives. >> it was like a bam! boom! >> reporter: this man

ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> long road back. >> nbc 10 news is next. >> here's jacqueline london and keith jones. >> the dnc announcement. >> what the convention means for the area's economy. >> plus as philadelphia leaders celebrate, other towns are not so happy. the runners up are speaking out about losing to the city of brotherly love. >> aside from the snow showers we saw today, i am tracking very low temperatures and it will be feeling below zero degrees and those details coming up next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> right now at 5:00 tragedy along a west philadelphia street. a septa trolley hit and killed a toddler this afternoon. police officers, fire department medics and rescuers rushed to that scene along lancaster avenue. >> but their efforts including trying to lift that trolley up were in vain. the 2-year-old boy died at the scene. nbc 10's deanna durante is there. this left so many people stunned and saddened, understandably. >> reporter: it did. keith and jacqueline i've just seen surveillance video of what happened here on this west philadelph

faces from nbc news on our air. we're working partners within the news division. but tonight even as we're reporting on this breaking news about the news division of which we are a part, no, nbc news will not make anyone available to discuss this story with us on the air. that may change in days ahead. you would think if they're going to talk to anybody about this, we might get a leg up. if only because we're right down the hall. but so far, no one. i hope in days to come we are not talking about this yet. we'll have more on that in just a moment. this has been sort of a wild night of late breaking big news about the media. the other big breaking news is some honestly really unexpected news, and that is that jon stewart, long time host of "the daily show" on comedy central is stepping down. jon stewart broke the news himself in tonight's taping of the "daily show." he told the audience there for tonight's show that he was leaving the show and it quickly filtered out. he has been host of the daily show since shortly

tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >>> coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6:00 tragedy in west philadelphia. a septa trolley runs over a toddler, killing him right in front of his mother. nbc 10 is learning what happened moments before the child ran into the trolley's path. >>> and we're tracking very cold temperatures through tonight and tomorrow morning and snow for the week and i'll show you the updated totals coming up. >>> the democratic national convention will bring millions of dollars of revenue to the region, but it could also very well put money into your pocketbook. if you're looking for work, i'll explain next. (vo) after 50 years of designing cars for crash survival, subaru has developed our most revolutionary feature yet. a car that can see trouble... ...and stop itself to avoid it. when the insurance institute for highway safety tested front crash prevention nobody beat subaru models with eyesight. not honda. not ford or any other brand. subaru eyesight. an extra set of eyes, every time you drive. >> next 10 news starts now. >>> the city of brotherly love becomes the city of b

off nbc nightly news for a few days. it sounded like nobody was in charge. now we know who is in charge, steve burke, comcast and nbc universal deciding the harsh punishment is necessary. >> and now we know that a substitute will be in there lester holt the weekend anchor. your thoughts on what this means for the news industry as a whole? >> well, you know he, everybody in our business suffers when somebody is high profile as a network news anchor has to go on television and admit that he lied. unfortunately he botched the apology. told further inaccuracies and that was a set back as well. this will hurt nbc nightly news in the short-term. what steve burke and the other executives are looking at in the longer term is how do they salvage this situation without losing brian williams all together. they had so much invested in this man and so this would be an attempt to have things cool off some point he will come out with a more full throated apology than he managed at first. and maybe we will all have scandal, the next out

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. i'm lester holt in for brian. we're glad you're here. it is the winter of boston's discontent. they've picked up more than 5 1/2 feet of snow over the last 17 days. right now as yet another storm blankets parts of new england, that snowbound city has run out of places to put it all. busting snow removal budgets, snarling transit not to mention stretching the patience of a lot of moms and dads as school kids are now looking at their eighth snow day of the year. we begin today with ron mott near boston's beacon hill who will show us what that much snow looks like. ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. good evening to you. tonight governor charlie baker has declared a state of emergency because of all this snow. you mentioned beacon hill. one of the charming things about this area is that you have a lot of narrow side streets. charming that is, until you have five or six feet of snow to deal with. look at this car, the only thing sh

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." 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. >> i

officials are telling nbc news the u.s. will announce shortly that it is temporarily closing the american embassy in yemen. because of the government's takeover by hard line shiite rebels linked to iran. as unrest grew there three weeks ago, most personnel were already moved out and all but emergency services were suspended. the rebel group announced a formal takeover of the capital on friday, but the pentagon insisted today that critical american counterterror operations will continue inside the country. >>> tonight the snow has finally stopped falling in boston, for now. tempers have reached a boiling point as most mass transit has come to a grinding halt and there is more snow on the way. nbc's ron motte remains in snow-bound beantown for us tonight. ron, good evening. >> reporter: hey, lester, good evening. this should be the evening rush this whole plaza should be full of people trying to get underground to get a train home. today there were no trains. that's got a lot of people pointing fingers at the transit chief, a

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. i'm lester holt in for brian. we're glad you're here. it's the winter of bonns to's discontent. five and a half feet of snow over the last 17 days. right now yet another storm blab blankets parts of new england, that snou bound city has run out of places to put it all. busting snow removal budgets, snarling transit and stretching the patients of a lot of moms and dads as school kids are now looking at their eighth snow day of the year. we begin today with ron mott near boston's beacon hill who will show us what how much that snow looks like. >> reporter: good evening, lester. tonight governor charlie baker has declared a state of emergency because of all this snow. you mentioned beacon hill. one of the charming things about this area is that you have a lot of narrow side streets. charming that is until you have five or six feet of snow to deal with. look at this car, the only thing showing is a side view mirror. the mayor says today the city wil

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news," reporting tonight lester holt. >>> good evening. it just keeps coming. winter's parade of misery from snow bound new englanders at their wit's end to snow and ice in the normally mild south. and now the next shoe, or should we say snowshoe to drop. the rush of arctic cold sweeping from the other side of the north pole through the great lakes. tonight, places like chicago and milwaukee are already in the single digits. and the northeast and south won't be far behind with temperatures 25 to 35 degrees below average tomorrow. in so many places life as people know it is frozen in time. paralyzed transportation it's knocked out power and put a lot of people in some very real danger. nbc's tom costello is on it for us tonight. >> reporter: from a frozen niagra falls and lake erie in the north to snow in the south, the eastern third of the country is locked in the deep freeze with even colder temps on the way. in eastport maine they've had a record of 109 inches of snow in just 23 days. >>

>>> "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news." 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 mall as 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 co

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news." 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 temperatures some 40-degrees 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.

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight lester holt. >>> good evening. the misery of this winter to remember is extending its reach into places we usually go to escape the cold. windchill advisories or warnings are posted right now in 17 states as a blast of arctic air promises to send temperatures into the single digits from the midwest, on into the northeast. and well below normal temperatures for the deep south in florida. this ahead of a weekend snowstorm bearing down in the northeast. boston already buried under more than six feet of snow is under a blizzard watch again tonight. where will they put it all? let's turn to nbc's ron mott in boston. hi, ron. >> reporter: hey, lester. good evening to you. light snow falling tonight. bitter cold air on the way tonight only going to make the bigger job of digging out that much tougher. the bigger job plenty of those around boston tonight, reinforcements are finally here. snow fighting backup has arrived in boston tonight. heavy equipment from neighboring s

"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. it just keeps coming. winter's parade of misery from snow bound new englanders at their wit's end to snow and ice in the normally mild south. and now the next shoe, or should we say snowshoe to drop. the rush of arctic cold sweeping from the other side of the north pole through the great lakes. tonight, places like chicago and milwaukee are already in the single digits. and the northeast and south won't be far behind with temperatures 25 to 35 degrees below average tomorrow. in so many places life as people know it is frozen in time. paralyzed transportation, it's knocked out power and put a lot of people in some very real danger. nbc's tom costello is on it for us tonight. >> reporter: from a frozen niagra falls and lake erie in the north to snow in the south, the eastern third of the country is locked in the deep freeze with even colder temps on the way. in eastport, maine, they've had a record of 109 inches of snow in just 23

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. it brought days of rain to arizona, ending right before the super bowl. it then caught a fast ride across the country, hit the midwest hard before arriving in the already-pummelled sections of the east where tonight the pummelling goes on. more snow in boston and enough to delay the patriots celebration until wednesday after the snowiest seven-day period in that hearty city's history. chicago and detroit fell just shy of all-time records in fact, and travel just took another big hit. these repeat winter storms make it feel a lot like groundhog day, which in fact it is. we begin with all of it tonight. nbc's miguel almaguer starts us off from boston. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. boston was hit with 14 hours of steady snow today. it's the reason why public schools have been canceled tomorrow and why the patriots parade has been pushed to wednesday. we're on boylston street. this is the parade route. and this is the probl

just a short time ago moments before we went on air, in fact, nbc news released a statement from nbc news president debra turner. on nightly news friday 2013, misrepresented news covering the iraq war in 2003. the statement continues it became clear on other occasions brian had done the same while telling that story in other venues. this was wrong and completely inappropriate for someone in brian's position. nbc president debra turness and tonight, lester holt filling in. it is unclear what will happen when the six-month suspension is up. joining us now is brian stelter host of "reliable sources" and also the host of "hollywood reporters" marissa guthrie. are you surprised? >> reported the suspension was likely but six months shocks me. >> it's long? >> because of how long it is and people automatically assume he'll never come back. six months is such a long period of time that this will become permanent with lester holt and the job but what else could have nbc done? the talk in the halls what he was never going to come back at all but at least this gives people the possibility or th

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." 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 alludes 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 conspireing to help isis to the point of supporting or car out attacks here at ho. 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 a planting a bomb at coney island or killing police or attacking president obama. >> it was

"nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. snow, ice, freezing rain, some of the worst winter has to offer has been dished out to a big part of the south. in a lot of places they don't often deal with this. and so you can just imagine how difficult life has been today in places like nashville, louisville, charlotte. especially on the roads. many reduced to virtual danger zones. power is out in places, schools are closed and flight schedules are a mess. and about our friends in boston tonight, they are closing in on 100 inches of snow so far this season. but it's what comes next that is going to add insult to injury. record cold. our team is in place including gabe gutierrez in nashville who can tell us firsthand about the difficult roads. gabe? >> reporter: lester, good evening. this is a look at the ice that has paralyzed much of the south. tonight here in tennessee, tens of thousands of people are still without power. some school districts have already closed for the r

just a short time ago moments before we went on air, in fact, nbc news released a statement from nbc news president debra turness. on nightly news friday 2013 misrepresented news covering the iraq war in 2003. the statement continues it became clear on other occasions brian had done the same while telling that story in other venues. this was wrong and completely inappropriate for someone in brian's position. nbc president debra turness and tonight, lester holt filling in. what will happen when the six month suspension is up? brian williams has seen a sharp. reliable sources, also the hollywood reporters, maorisa guthrie. are you surprised? >> reported the suspension was likely but six months shocks me. >> it's long? >> because of how long it is and people automatically assume he'll never come back. six months is such a long period of time that this will become permanent with lester holt and the job but what else could have nbc done? the talk in the halls what he was never going to come back at all but at least this gives people the possibility or think there's a possibility. >> basic

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight lester holt. >>> good evening. the misery of this winter to remember is extending its reach into places we usually go to escape the cold. windchill warnings are posted in 17 states as a blast of arctic air promises to send temperatures into the single digits from the midwest on into the northeast and well below normal temperatures for the deep south in florida. this ahead of a weekend snowstorm bearing down in the northeast. boston already buried under more than six feet of snow is under a blizzard watch again tonight. where will they put it all? let's turn to nbc's ron mott in boston. hi ron. >> reporter: hey, lester. bitter cold air only going to make it tougher. the bigger job plenty of those around boston tonight, reinforcements are finally here. snow fighting backup has arrived in boston tonight. heavy equipment from neighboring states after mayor marty wallace sent out the all-call for help. one of those responding new york city mayor bill de blasio. >> can i

nancy snyderman, nbc news, haiti. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. 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 th

"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 picnic, but let's face it, we don't often see them this harsh. dare we say it? yet another blizzard has its sights set on the northeast tonight. boston once again in the line of fire. some new england cities looking at close to two feet of snow later this weekend, but the winds may be the bigger story here. at times gusts reaching near hurricane speed. right now 16 states are under winter weather advisories. this weekend's storm follows on the heels of a dangerous cold snap with bitter wind chills being felt tonight in cities from the mid-atlantic northward. we begin in boston with nbc's ron mott. ron, good evening. >> reporter: hey, lester, good evening to you. as we head into the weekend nearly 35 million americans are under a winter weather advisory. nearly 6.5 million will face blizzard warnings this weekend. for the folks who live around here afte

>>> "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." 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 th

>>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> and breaking news at nbc 10 this morning. the democrats are coming to philadelphia. we learned just over an hour ago that the democratic national committee selected a city of brotherly love to host its 2016 convention. let's go straight to nbc 10's doug shimell live at city hall getting reaction to the big announcement. this is huge. >> reporter: well it really is. philadelphia probably got tired of losing out on economic development and political plumbs to new york and the borough. this is a big trump for the big apple for the city of brotherly love. i talked to congressman bob rady a short while ago and he said debbie wasserman schultz was here two weeks ago for the democratic conference at the sheraton in society hill. this was the second of three visits. she visited columbus here and went on to new york. it was a quiet feeling that there was a real loyalty to philadelphia and its democratic party roots and historical roots. and wasserman schultz met with president barack obama last night. he apparently had some questions

"nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. it brought days of rain to arizona, ending right before the super bowl. it then caught a fast ride across the country, hit the midwest hard before arriving in the already-pummeled sections of the east where tonight the pummeling goes on. more snow in boston and enough to delay the patriots celebration until wednesday after the snowiest seven-day period in that hearty city's history. chicago and detroit fell just show of all-time records, in fact, and travel just took another big hit. these repeat winter storms make it feel a lot like groundhog day, which in fact it is. we begin with all of it tonight. nbc's miguel almaguer starts us off from boston. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. boston was hit with 14 hours of steady snow today. it's the reason why public schools have been canceled tomorrow and why the patriots parade has been pushed to wednesday. we're on boylston street. this is the parade route. and this is the probl

nancy snyderman, nbc news haiti. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. 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 w

"nightly news" begins now. >>> 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 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 deb

nancy snyderman, nbc news haiti. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. 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