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thank you, everyone, for watching i'm lester holt. please continue to take care of yourself and each other good night >>> we have breaking news. as you've been hearing, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has died at the age of 87. reaction pouring in from across the country. and here in the bay area. as the nation mourns her passing. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, i'm janelle wang. >> i'm garvin thomas. she was small in stature but larger than life, both on and off the bench. she broke countless barriers and championed equality issues. geo chief justice john roberts says the nation has lost a juryist of great stature. we knew ruth bader ginsburg as a tireless and resolute champion of justice. >> the announcement of her passing came down 90 minutes ago. immediately house speaker nancy pelosi ordered flags at the u.s. capitol to be lowered to half-staff in ginsburg's honor. justice ginsburg was diagnosed with cancer four times, including lung cancer and pancreatic cancer which ultimately took her life. she had s

. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening everyone since we were with you last night hurricane sally has put on the brakes now slowly crawling toward landfall along the gulf coast with alabama likely in its sighs. the slow speed is causing deep worry because it is expected to dump feet of water producing what forecasters are calling historic, life threatening flooding tonight tropical watches and warnings extend from louisiana to the florida panhandle. morgan chesky is in the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight a slow motion disaster hurricane sally slogging to the gulf coast. its drenching rains flooding parts of florida. putting mississippi on high alert >> if it shifts west we'll see a good bit of it. >> reporter: and shifting to hit alabama head on where water is already rising >> we still hope and pray sally will not bring that type of pain and heartache but my fellow alabamians, hurricane sally is not to be taken for granted. >> reporter: a storm surge warning now stretches from louisiana all the way to the florida panhandle. while hurricanes are rate

lester holt is next. >> bye. >>> tonight the dangerous hurricane bearing down as we come on the air. the gulf coast bracing for impact from hurricane sally. the category 1 storm packing 80-mile-per-hour winds already bringing heavy rain emergency evacuations, as officials warn of historic, life threatening flooding al roker is timing it out for us >>> also the rising toll in the western wildfires. dozens dead, many more missing. the first images inside an oregon town left in ashes. now the toxic air reaching all the way to the east coast. >>> breaking news, the federal officer shot outside a courthouse what the fbi just announced. >>> the multimillion dollar settlement with the family of breonna taylor months after her death, the major police reforms the city has agreed to >>> the firestorm at the department of health and human services, a top official apologizing for a bizarre rant and now calls for the hss director to resign after allegations the agency interfered with the cdc's covid reports. >>> president trump at the white house hailing an historic middle east deal >>> joe biden

"nightly news" with lester holt is next. we'll see you at 11:00. >> tonight the fierce showdown to replace supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, president trump saying he'll name his nominee friday or saturday senate republican leadership rushing to confirm before the election, just 43 days away against ginsburg's final wishes democrats calling the gop hypocrites after they blocked president obama's nominee before the 2016 election. two republican senators siding with the democrats. can they get the two more they need and who will the president pick the two women at the top of the short list. will one of them make it the most conservative court in a century? >>> plus, the plans for celebrating justice ginsburg's life revealed, when the public will gate to pay their respects at the supreme court. >>> also, tropical storm beta lashing the u.s., streets flooded, violence surf washing a pier out to sea. the threat as we go into the night. >>> as the u.s. surges past 200,000 covid-19 deaths, the abrupt move by the cdc. why w

lester >> all right, thank you. in 60 seconds a damning new report about the failures of it could be back in the air. >>> then the major reversal in college football >>> a major development tonight on the 737 max grounded since march 2019 after two deadly crashes, a new congressional report blaming both boeing and the faa for horrific failures. here's tom costello. >> reporter: nearly two years since the first 737 max crash in indonesia and the second crash in ethiopia, a scathing congressional house report blames a horrific culmination of a series of faulty technical assumptions by boeing's engineers, a lack of transparency on the part of boeing's managemen and grossly insufficient oversight by the faa, in all 346 people died. >> i miss them every minute of every day. >> reporter: paul giroji struggled to tell congress of his unimaginable pain. his wife, three children and mother-in-law all died in the ethiopian crash. we talked to him today in canada. you've suffered just unimaginable loss. >> i'm asleep, and i ha

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please continue to take care of yourself and each other good night ♪ >> 4-3-2. ♪ >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show." that's right. i'm wearing an eye patch. it's for not any other reason than my eye hurts. challenge accepted. here we go. i am so excited to say that we will premiere season two of "the kelly clarkson show." so, i am supporting my space suit as we count down to relaunch. we are looking back on our first season despite so many surprises and obvious challenges. it was a lot of fun. sometimes all of that fun doesn't actually make it on the air. so, today, i'm sharing some of my favorite interviews from this past season as well as some moments that never hit the airwaves. most of the time it was just because we wound up with too much good stuff. but sometimes it was because, well, things did not go exactly as planned. look at this. because this is my first show. [cheers and applause] >> a very promiscuous woman in church.

we'll send it over to lester holt with "nightly news." >> bye folks. >>> tonight, the double threat, the hurricane taking aim, and deadly wildfires, hurricane sally rapidly gaining strength, now a category 2 on a collision course with the u.s. states of emergency in three states mandatory evacuations. when and where will it hit? al roker has the new track. >>> the desperate search for dozens missing after infernos incinerate entire towns in oregon, officials fearing a mass casualty event and growing concerns about toxic smoke smothering major cities. >>> president trump visiting fire ravaged california citizen joe biden attacks him as a, quote, climate arsonist >>> the urgent manhunt, the gunman on the loose after ambushing two deputies in their car, the new reward being offered >>> my exclusive with alexander vindman, the first ever tv interview with the star witness of the impeachment hearings what he said when i asked if he was personally targeted by the president. >>> the disturbing video, a white deputy fired for beating a black man pinned to the ground the man's girlfriend spea

lester holt is joining us next. we'll see you again here at 6 c :00. >> bye. >>> tonight, the scat strofic flooding from hurricane sally, slamming the u.s sally making landfall as a category 2 hurricane. pounding the gulf coast, up to 30 inches of rain, roads and homes under water, part of a bridge collapsing, hundreds rescued by emergency crews, the tree crashing into a home, a woman pinned inside. al roker on the threat heading into the night. >>> also president trump late today blasting his own cdc chief as confuse tter old congs a coronavirus vaccine would not be widely available until next summer, the president insisting it will happen by october. and tonight joe biden's new attack. >>> the comments hours after the cdc revealed its plan to roll a vaccine out for free, but the striking thing, the cdc director said about masks offering better protection than a vaccine. the president pushing back >>> and the trump health official under fire for spreading conspiracy theories about the cdc, what he announced late to

. >>> this is nbc nightly news, with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone, brushing aside accusations of hypocrisy and broken pledges, senate republicans tonight are pressing forward with plans t confirm on president trump's watch a replacement for the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg tonight as thousands continue to honor her remarkable life, memorial plans being finalized while in the background a full on partisan battle rages over choosing her replacement, just weeks before presidential election. recovering several angles for you tonight, we start with peter alexander. >> reporter: tonight with remembrances for ruth bader ginsburg growing and this powerful tribute, the late justice's seat inside the court draped in black. president trump's moving ahead with plans to name a replacement by week's end. >> i would say on friday o saturday i'll be announcing the pick. five women are being looked at and vetted very carefully >> reporter: the president ignoring ginsburg's dying wish conveyed by her granddaughter to npr that the next president get to fill her seat, falsely cl

. >> as a reminder, lester holt is next. >>> tonight president trump's unprecedented attack on america' a refusing to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses to joe biden. even top allies in the senate now pushing back. >>> and the moment on live tv, the president at the supreme court, booed as he paid respects to ruth bader ginsburg. >>> also outrage boiling over, louisville on edge after two officers are shot during breonna taylor protests. the suspect now under arrest. >>> demonstrations from coast-to-coast, violent clashes with police, molotov cocktails thrown, a car plowing into a crowd. taylor's family attorney calling the decision not to charge police for her death a sham. >>> the fbi director telling congress he's seen no evidence of coordinated mail-in voter fraud, despite the president's claims as early voting gets under way in another key battleground. >> the race for a covid vaccine, will states be ready to roll one out inside the massive mission. the alarming number of passengers exposed to covid on planes. >>> are the airlines' extreme cleaning measures enough

al, what are we looking at >> lester, sally has gone through a rapid intensification. category 2 storm with 100 mile per hour wind moving west northwest at 6-mile-per-hour making landfall late tuesday and early wednesday morning, continuing on into the southeast. we are looking at impacts that are going to bring in with it very heavy storm surge. some places seven to 11 feet, along the gulf coast rainfall, upwards of two feet in some spots. flash flooding, moderate river flooding as well heavy winds, anywhere from 50 to 85 miles per hour, lester, with the threat of tornados we'll continue to track it all night long lester >> al, thanks. >>> in the west roying thousands of homes, and forcing tens of and now tht desperate search for the missing. miguel almaguer is in oregon tonight. >> the church is gone. >> reporter: it took minutes for wildfires in oregon to incinerate six towns. >> phyllis, your house is gone. >> reporter: today in this hellscape, the grim search for bodies is under way. >> it feels like armageddon. >> reporter: with the death toll rising, dozens unac

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thank you for watching everyone i'm lester holt. please continue to take care of yourself and each other >>> right now at 6:00, consoling a family hit hard by covid. >> my faith just has been really tested and having oxygen it was just like kind of what i needed to hear at the time. >> the school principal providing comfort in his south bay community. plus -- >> it definitely felt like a punch to the heart. >> connected with cash. the new report that shows just how many students were allowed even they they didn't qualify. >>> and moving from purple to red. more bay area counties is moving up a tier. the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you for joining us. >> a lot of new developments today. raj mathai is also with us. >> reporter: regardless of your political belief there's a major push to get people to register to vote and a major push to let people know what's at stake here. we're going to be joined by a social activist who happens to be the warriors head coach. >> well, you can't vote if you don't register. that is the messag

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please continue to take care of yourself and each other xxxx the news at six starts right >> the smoke that we have. i want to go someplace but i look at the smoke and i don't want to go out. >> announcer: the news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm raj mathai as we start off this short week. janelle wang is with us. >> a significant fight in covid-19. the county moves up a tier which means a lot of businesses can reopen. we'll talk about which ones. some of the conversation is about our air quality. you go outside and it's so sm y smoky. this is our 22nd spare the air day. my daughter wakes up and says, mom, can we wake up because it still looks like nighttime. >> it just stinks outside, and it seems like we've gone from bad to worse. >> that sun looked really eerie, i have to say. it was a little offputting when i saw it.

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please continue to take care of yourself and each other ♪ >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show." is our summer staycation celebration. let's get right into today's karaoke. i love this song. here is me and my band performing blame it on your heart by patty loveless. ♪ ♪ you've got a thing or two to learn about me baby ♪ ♪ 'cause i ain't taking it no more and i don't mean maybe ♪ ♪ you don't know right from wrong ♪ ♪ well the love we had is gone ♪ so blame it on your lying, cheating, cold dead beating, ♪ ♪ two-timing and double dealing ♪ ♪ mean mistreating, loving heart ♪ ♪ are you headed for a heartache, oh yeah ♪

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lester? >> yeah, hallie, a lot of attention on how this will go down to the battleground states. let's look at ohio, of course it's crucial. in 2016, president trump won that state where they have sided with the winner in every presidential election since '64. we sent kate snow to see how voters there are feeling tonight. >> reporter: this is dominic's organic beef farm in farmdale, ohio. >> these are half piedmontes from northern italy. >> reporter: he's a registered democrat that voted once for obama in a county that flipped for trump in 2016. how did you go from voting for obama to voting for trump? >> very easily. one is apologizing for america, and the other one is fighting for america. >> reporter: dominic took us to meet some friends one county over. i think they knew we were coming. they tell us enthusiasm for the president here is even greater than four years ago. one reason, farmers are happy with the president's trade war with china and subsidies they received. >> he understood the

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone in this year of reckoning over the violent deaths of black americans at the hands of police the case of breonna taylor shook so many to their core, an innocent woman shot to death in her own home last march during a late-night attempt by police to execute a warrant. today we learn none of the three officers who opened fire will be charged in her death a grand jury instead choosing to indict one now former louisville police officer on lesser charges, unrelated to the shots that killed taylor the reaction louisville tonight swift and much of it angry. gabe gutierrez is there. >> reporter: tonight louisville is increasingly on edge police in riot gear making arrests after the long-awaited announcement no officers charged for causing breonna taylor's death some protesters in tears as the national guard rolled in. tensions are rising here the city of louisville sealed off aboutdozen blocks i downtown area and right over there is where violent demonstrations broke out the past several months, the invest

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone in this year of reckoning over the violent deaths of black americans at the hands of police the case of breonna taylor shook so many to their core, an innocent woman shot to death in her own home last march during a late-night attempt by police to execute a warrant. today we learn none of the three officers who opened fire will be charged in her death a grand jury instead choosing to indict one now former louisville police officer on lesser charges, unrelated to the shots that killed taylor the reactionlosville tonight swift, and much of it angry. gabe gutierrez is there. >> reporter: tonight louisville is increasingly on edge police in riot gear making arrests after the long-awaited announcement no officers charged for causing breonna taylor's death some protesters in tears as the national guard rolled in. tensions are rising here the city of louisville sealed off about two dozen blocks in the downtown area and right over there is where violent demonstrations broke out the past several months, th

lester? >> all right. geoff bennett, thanks. >>> all this coming as the confirmation debate takes shape on capitol hill with senator republicans racing to confirm the president's supreme court nominee amy coney barrett before election day. some democrats are already refusing to meet with her. casey hunt has the latest. >> reporter: tonight republicans pushing ahead to confirm president trump's supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. >> i am deeply honored by the confidence that you have placed in me. >> reporter: her nomination announced over the weekend in the rose garden. >> if confirmed, justice barrett will make history as the first mother of school-aged children ever to serve on the u.s. supreme court. >> reporter: barrett has seven children and at 48 would become the youngest member of the court. a devout catholic, she has suggested the roe v. wade abortion case was wrongly decided. >> i clerked for justice scalia more than 20 years ago, but the lessons i learned still resonate. his ju

lester >> that destruction is really unbelievable. miguel, thank you. >>> turn back to the covid crisis now, new details this evening about why a major vaccine trial was stopped after one of the volunteers developed what appears to be a neurological problem. tom costello now has the latest. >> reporter: astrzeneca's vaccine candidate was once considered one of the most prompting but a female volunteer developed symptoms with transverse myelitis, inflammation of the spinal cord, no final diagnosis confirmed. >> with an abundance of caution at a time like this, you put a clinical hold and investigate carefully to see if anybody else had a similar finding of a spinal cord problem. >> reporter: it's not clear yet whether the woman's condition is related to the vaccine. another trial volunteer developed an unrelated case of ms this summer. with tens of thousands of participants in the u.s., the uk, south africa and brazil, doctors caution some would be expected to develop ailments unrelated to the vaccine. >> i think we're both fine >> rep

lester >> that destruction is really unbelievable. miguel, thank you. >>> turn back to the covid crisis now, new details this evening about why a major vaccine trial was stopped after one of the volunteers developed what appears to be a neurological problem. tom costello now has the latest. >> reporter: astrazeneca's vaccine candidate has been considered one of the most promising but its phase three trial is now on old after auk developed symptoms consistent with transverse myelitis a serious inflammation of the spinal cord although no final diagnosis has been confirmed. >> with an abundance of caution at a time like this, you put a clinical hold and investigate carefully to see if anybody else who received that vaccine, or any of the other vaccines, might have had a similar finding of a spinal cord problem. >> reporter: it's not clear yet whether the woman's condition is related to the vaccine. another trial volunteer developed an unrelated case of ms this summer. with tens of thousands of participants in the u.s., the uk, south afri

lester >> all right you stay safe. thank you. >>> in 60 seconds a big change again for the nation's biggest school system amid the covid pandemic and unemployment benefits plagued by fraud. how to protect your identity roadblock to reopening the nation's largest school district just days before new york city was set to begin in-person learning, officials today delayed it for most students >> reporter: parents and students in new york city are going to have to wait. >> i'm kind of sad that it's getting delayed because i want to do in-school, not online. >> reporter: in-person teaching was supposed to begin monday but today the head of the principal's unit put it in stark terms. >> it wouldn't be safe. >> reporter: so while remote classes will continue the mayor is pushing back the start of in-person learning at least a peek for most students >> all these false starts are very frustrating and it's like, what -- what was happening all summer i don't know >> i'd rather that school be prepared and safe before we bring the k

lester >> all right, steve patterson, thanks. >>> tonight a stark new assessment from dr. anthony fauci on the covid pandemic and when life as we know it might return. it came in an exclusive interview with andrea mitchell we have two reports on the pandemic this evening. starting with nbc's tom costello >> reporter: eight months into the pandemic the nation's top infectious disease expert is tonight offering a sobering new pandemic timeline. an fda approved vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021 widespread vaccine distribution by mid next year, and a return to normal sometime after that. >> if you're talking about getting back to a degree of normality which resembles where we were prior to covid it's going to be well into 2021. maybe even towards the end of 2021. >> reporter: meanwhile dr. fauci and dr. deborah birx are trying to slow a new spread of covid after the labor day weekend, especially among people who are asymptomatic. >> if you've been on vacation, if you've gone to a ho spot, gone to a party in the neighborhood, if you took your mask off and were not so

lester >> all right, steve patterson, thanks. >>> tonight a stark new assessment from dr. anthony fauci on the covid pandemic and when life as we know it might return. it came in an exclusive interview with andrea mitchell we have two reports on the pandemic this evening. starting with nbc's tom costello >> reporter: eight months into the pandemic the nation's top infectious disease expert is tonight offering a sobering new pandemic timeline. an approved vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021 widespread distribution by midnext year and a return to normal sometime after that. >> if you're talking about getting back to a degree of normality which resembles where we were prior to covid it's going to be well into 2021. maybe even towards the end of 2021. >> reporter: meanwhile dr. fauci and dr. deborah birx are trying to slow a new spread of covid after the labor day weekend, especially among people who are asymptomatic. >> if you've been on vacation, gon to a hot spot, gone to a party in the neighborhood, if you took your mask off and were not socially distant you need

lester? >> thanks. and bob woodward speaks with savannah guthrie. a live exclusive monday on today. >>> let's turn to the wild fire disaster in the west. combined the fires have burned an area the size of connecticut. miguel almaguer is on the front line. >> reporter: burning hotter, faster and now more explosive than ever before, this year's historic and catastrophic fire season turning deadly again. >> it looked like a bomb went off. >> reporter: in oregon, half a dozen towns decimated after a harrowing escape, a devastating return. >> my god, this is our driveway. >> reporter: entire communities are now gone. many could not escape the flames, including 13-year-old wyatt and his grandmother peggy. >> his life was just beginning. i mean, a child. >> reporter: lives lost and devastation as far as the eye can see. >> everything is a total loss. >> reporter: in washington state where one town lost city hall, its post office and the fire department, officials confirm a one-year-old is among the

you can catch much more of lester's interview with michael cohen tonight on "nightly news" with lester at 6:30 eastern on the nbc side of the network. >>> after that, here on msnbc, michael cohen will join rachel maddow for his first cable interview 9:00 eastern here on msnbc. >>> on capitol hill, let's talk about this, democrats moving fast this morning after that bombshell report on the head of the postal service, louis dejoy. the house oversight committee opening an investigation hours after the washington post reported new claims made by dejoy's former employees. some of whom say he asked him to write checks and attend fund-raisers and how the contributions wore repaid through bonuses late oren. if true, dejoy could face criminal exposure. president trump isn't condemning dejoy just yet, but not promising to keep him around either. >> i think let the investigations go. but he's a very respected man. i think he's a very honest guy. we'll see. >> if it is proven to be a campaign finance scheme, do you think he should lose his job? >> yes, something could be proven that he did somethi

lester not only gathering but kind of moving around. we understand from the initial place they were they moved marching several places around louisville. you know, i want to go back to some of the reaction that we've heard, notably the reaction from an attorney for breonna taylor's family, benjamin crump. there's now a new tweet, a new couple tweets he put out with a different and a much stronger reaction. i want to read a little bit of that for you. he said, this is outrageous and offensive, talking about the decision, saying that if his behavior was wanton endangerment to people in neighboring apartments it should have been wanton endangerment in breonna taylor's apartment too it should have been ruled wanton murder. p that's a strong and different from the initial reaction we understand we got via tweet from attorney ben crump. this echos the reaction that we've been hearing in louisville from the people that we spoke to before this decision came down, to certainly the emotional reactions we've been seeing from the people who gather,

. >>> this is nbc nightly news, with lester holt. >>> good evening, i'm jose diaz-baa lart in for lester holt, we begin tonight with the firestorm for president trump over comments he's accused of making about america's fallen heroes, the president todafo denying a report that he called service members killed at war losers and suckers his opponent joe biden calling the alleged remarks disgusting, and demanding an apology. our peter alexander was in the oval office today and asked the president about the controversy. >>> president trump tonight firing back after that explosive report alleging he made disparaging comments about military members. >>> sir, do you need to apologize to service members and veterans >> no, it was a fake story, written by a magazine that was probably not going to be around much longer. >> reporter: the president responding to the atlantic report that he rejected a 2018 -- american cemetery in fans, saying why should i go to that cemetery, it's filled with losers and calling the marines buried there suckers for getting killed the story cites four people with first

ze she's sitting in for lester holt. >>> tonight, the officers now suspended after the death of yet another black man, new protests a of the family released this shocking body cam video, the man naked, handcuffed, a hood put over his head after he said he had covid. police pinning him to the ground, his family saying he was having a mental breakdown what we're now learning. >>> joe biden visiting kenosha, personally calling blake who's now out of the icu what they talked about. >>> president trump's stunning suggestion that voters should consider casting ballots twice, which is not legal the new warning from election officials. >>> the coronavirus hitting hollywood, the rock and his family testing positive who he says got them sick, and production on the new "batman" movie shut down after someone on set is diagnosed with the virus. >>> the plunge on wall street, the dow falling more than 800 points so what's driving the drop >>> hoping for a miracle a month after that massive explosion in beirut a heartbeat detected in the rubble now the search is on. >>> and the power of a second chance fr

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, i'm kate snow in for lester tonight and there is a disaster unfolding in california, across several regions of that state more than 20 major wildfires now cover a record 2 million acres, fueled by high temperatures and strong winds in an already dry environment. the largest fire tonight outside fresno, called the creek fire, has raced through mountain communities, torching homes. and over the weekend, dramatic rescues of campers trapped in an area surrounded by flames we begin with national correspondent miguel almaguer. >> reporter: it's moving at break neck speeds firefighters rarely see, exploding across the sierra national forest, california's creek fire generating so much power, it's now creating its own weather system 5,000 structures under threat. >> these are some of the worst conditions firefighters have seen all season these homes are a complete loss, but on the other side of the street they're trying to save structures that are still standing towering walls of flames swept across mountainsides blockin

. >> halle jackson is sitting in for lester holt. >> that's good, we'll see you at 5:00. urgent new warning ahead of the labor day weekend, the make or break holiday as we head into fall dr. anthony fauci pleading with people, stay away from those big crowds that have led to covid surges. packed pool parties, bars, beaches and super spreader events. the first death linked to that mass biker ray in south dakota and the cdc's new tombline on a vaccine, what they're telling states. >>> on the attack, joe biden blaming president trump for what he calls a national emergency as schools struggle to reopen the president's pushback today and the new alert about russia targeting joe biden's campaign did the trump administration try to bury it? >>> nancy pelosi firing back after video of her inside a salon shuttered by law because of covid the house speaker now calling it a set-up. >>> the new developments as arrival of vladimir putin fights for his life, what officials now say with us used to poison him. >>> remote learning down for a third day, whether your kids are at risk. >>> t

lester, does he have any proof to back up all his claims? >> he has some. a lot of this, as he describes it, it's a memoir, it's based on his memory, and woven in here are portions of some emails and photographs that support at least some of the timelines, some of the events that he talks about in the book. but many of the claims, no, there's no absolute proof and they're based on his memory and recollection. >> thank you so much, thanks for taking time for us today, lester, we really appreciate that. >> of course. >> you can see more of lester's exclusive interview with michael cohen tonight on "nbc nightly news." and later, tune in to "the rachel maddow show" as michael cohen sits down with rachel. >>> today marks the start of school for millions of america's kids. what happens when the governor and school district are at odds over in-person learning? >>> first, harrowing rescues by the california national guard. dozens of people trapped by deadly wildfires. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." stay with us. this is msnbc. ith us this is msnbc. ♪

nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, i'm hallie jackson in for lester we begin tonight with disturbing new video that yet again is triggering fury and grief in an american community with the death, yet again, of a black man after an encounter with police. the officers involved, suspended late today in rochester, new york, his family's calls for justice, adding another dimension now to the national conversation over race and policing it's a conversation joe biden is part of today talking with jacob blake and his family in kenosha, wisconsin. we have it all covered tonight starting with our kathy park i rochester. >> reporter: tonight the mayor of rochester, new york is suspending with way all seven officers involved in the controversial arrest of daniel prude. >> institutional, and structural racism led to daniel prude's death. i won't deny it. >> get on the ground, put your hands behind your back. >> reporter: the footage from march but released this week by his family's attorney his family's attorney and black lives matter activists. >> don't move, all right, man, just don'

lester holt, thank you so much. you can catch all of that interview tonight on "nightly news", and again at 9:00 p.m. eastern, michael cohen will be on "the rachel maddow show." >>> and it a new investigation into the already embattled post master general, that he pressured employees to play political contributions to republican candidates, only later to reimburse those employees with bonuses. an arrangement that, if true, would be illegal. with me now is frank larose, ohio's secretary of state. mr. secretary, thank you so much for joining us. what does this do to your confidence in dejoy's ability to oversee a massive mail-in voting effort this november? >> well, i can tell you that we certainly rely on the postal system for absentee voting in ohio. we know that 25% of our ballots in just in which given election will come in by mail. i can tell you that the postal service is full of dedicated hard-working men and women who take their responsibility seriously. i spoke with the post master general in a bipartisan gro

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holt. >>> i'm kristen welker in for lester. we begin tonight with flash points in american cities, large le peaceful protests but some marred by violence, all of it at the center of the 2020 presidential election. joe biden now accusing president trump of encouraging the unrest and distracting from the covid crisis the president wasting no time firing back, trying to paint biden as weak. it comes as president trump is poised to visit kenosha, wisconsin where some demonstrations have turned deadly. we have it all covered and begin with gabe gutierrez on the ground in kenosha. and a warning, some of the video may be hard to watch >> reporter: from kenosha to portland, tonight's mounting tensions. >> get up. >> as president trump prepares to visit wisconsin following the police shooting of jacob blake. >> we need him here, we need strong leadership. >> a president visiting town obviously takes a lot of resources that could be put some place else. >> reporter: in a letter to the governor -- i am concerned your presence will only hi

holt. >>> i'm kristen welker in for lester. we begin tonight with flash points in american cities, large peaceful protests but some marred by violence, all of it at the center of the 2020 presidential election. joe biden now accusing president trump of encouraging the unrest and distracting from the covid crisis the president wasting no time firing back, trying to paint biden as weak. it comes as president trump is poised to visit kenosha, wisconsin where some demonstrations have turned deadly. we have it all covered and begin with gabe gutierrez on the ground in kenosha. and a warning, some of the video may be hard to watch >> reporter: from kenosha to portland, tonight's mounting tensions. >> get up. >> as president trump prepares to visit wisconsin following the police shooting of jacob blake. >> we need him here, we need strong leadership. >> a president visiting town obviously takes a lot of resources that could be put some place else. >> reporter: in a letter to the president wisconsin's governor writes in part i a concer

lester holt is joining us next. we'll see you again here at 6 c :00. >> bye. >>> tonight, the scat strofic flooding from hurricane sally, slamming the u.s sally making landfall as a category 2 hurricane. pounding the gulf coast, up to 30 inches of rain, roads and homes under water, part of a bridge collapsing, hundreds rescued by emergency crews, the tree crashing into a home, a woman pinned inside. al roker on the threat heading into the night. >>> also president trump late today blasting his own cdc chief as confuse tter old congs a coronavirus vaccine would not be widely available until next summer, the president insisting it will happen by october.

. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening i'm peter alexander in for lester president trump visiting the city of kenosha, wisconsin still scarred by the latest round of violence following the police shooting of a black man jacob blake. the president blasting democratic leaders for allowing what he today called antipolice and anti-american riots while democratic officials in wisconsin warned his trip there could upset a fragile peace. all of it as the president and joe biden clash over who best can keep america safe we have two reports tonight. we begin with nbc's geoff bennett. >> reporter: tonight a presidential visit dividing kenosha, wisconsin. a city shaken by unrest sparked by the police shooting of jacob blake. >> we're going to help them a lot >> reporter: despite pleas from local officials that he stay away the president used the visit to a key battleground state to press his hard line law and order campaign message. >> we have to condemn the dangerous antipolice rhetoric. it is getting more and more it is very unfair. you have some bad apples i said

. >> this-ice nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening i'm peter alexander in for lester president trump visiting the city of kenosha, wisconsin still scarred by the latest round of violence following the police shooting of a black man jacob blake. the president blasting democratic leaders for allowing what he today called antipolice and anti-american riots while democratic officials in wisconsin warned his trip there could upset a fragile peace. all of it as the president and joe biden clash over who best can keep america safe we have two reports tonight. >> reporter: tonight a presidential visit dividing kenosha, wisconsin. a city shaken by unrest sparked by the police shooting of jacob blake. >> we're going to help them a lot >> reporter: despite pleas from local officials that he stay away the president used the visit to press his hard line law and order campaign message. >> we have to condemn the dangerous antipolice rhetoric. it is getting more and more it is very unfair. you have some bad apples i said it yesterday. i said it last night they are under tremendous pressure. >>

lester we begin with that critical holiday warning tonight about a coronavirus crossroads, with labor day a possible turning point depending on how all of us handle it. experts predict if people don't follow the proper precautions this holiday weekend, our progress might evaporate with an end of summer spike. it's against that backdrop tha new hot spots are already popping up across the country miguel almaguer starts our coverage. >> reporter: it's the scene they fear will unfold in the days to come from poolside partie to bars and beaches, these are the holiday hot spots often behind a spike in coronavirus cases. after memorial day, 4th of july and a motorcycle rally drawing hundreds of thousands, tonight u.s. health officials sounding the alarm ahead of this holiday weekend. >> we're going into labor day. please wear your mask. >> reporter: top doctors warning americans need to take personal responsibility before making plans for labor day. >> masks, distance, avoid crowds, outside better than inside and if we do that i think we can get through this weekend without seeing a surge. >

we'll be back at 6:00. >>> this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone, we begin with breaking news as we come on the air in the west supreme court associate justice ruth bader ginsburg has died at the age of 87. just weeks before the start of the court's fall session, and in the shadow of a presidential election, now just 45 days away. now a time for mourning for a remarkable career and life well lived. but also a loss rocking the political universe tonight the battle lines over the court's future already being drawn. let's begin with pet

coming up on "nightly news" with lester holt hear from breonna taylor's mother and how the deal will change the louisville police department. >>> up next, the possible name change in the city of berkeley. for a popular hiking spot named after its first police chief. the controversial part of his past sparking this discussion. >>> plus, missing those day trips that were possible pre-covid? two high school seniors come up with a way to bring outdoor experiences to those who now can't leave their house. >>> i'll have details on the improving air quality and the fog rolling back in for tomorrow morning. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. that's up in my forecast in about eight minutes. >>> the air quality's getting better here, but up north in seattle, it's still very unhealthy, and that's prompted major league baseball to postpone tonight's giants game. the giants were supposed to play in seattle. instead, the team flew back to san francisco and will play two games at oracle park tomorrow. this is what it looks like at the ballpark there in seattle and downtown today. in the state of

presidents advisory boards joining us from tehran stuffer and iran affairs analyst and in london by lester international sanctions lawyer at the british courts chambers thank you all for joining us on this episode's let's start over in the u.s. steven rogers the united nations has announced snapback sanctions but the rest of the world appears to be ignoring america given this steve feel that this maximum pressure strategy is working because the only country that appears to be isolated at the moment is america. well it is working keep in mind that the president of the united states from the day he began to run for office back in 2016 made it clear to the american people that every policy that he set forth whether it be domestic or foreign would be in the best interest of american national security so here in the united states it has not negatively it has not impacted at all on him negatively that with regard to what's happening around the world it's working iran's currency is nosediving and frankly the people in iran they're fed up with their government they want to see their government bec

here is lester holt. >>> good evening everyone for 90 minutes tonight the world's attention will focus on a stage in cleveland, ohio where donald trump and joe biden will for the first time take their bitter war of words face to face it's debate night. the president according to most polls going into tonight as the