Right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Donald trump who has repeatedly decried negative Media Coverage of him, as part of a rigged system, has once again made himself the top of the news cycle for going where no president ial candidate has gone before. At a rally in ohio today, trump first mocking and then trying to qualify his jawdropping response debate, about whether he would accept the outcome of the election. His refusal to say managed to irk even some of his most ardent supporters, while shifting the focus from what many believe was his best debate performance. Nbcs katy tur leads off our coverage. Ladies and gentlemen, i want to make a major announcement. Reporter donald trump is refusing to play by the rules. That i will totally accept the results of this great if i win. Reporter making it clear the only outcome he will accept is the one that puts him in the white house. I would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. Reporter a defiant doubledown from last nights debate. Do you make the same commitment that you will absolutely result of this election . I will look at it at the time. Im not looking at anything now. Are you saying youre not prepared to stick to that principle . What im saying is, ill tell you at the time. Ill keep you in suspense. Reporter trump reversing a vow he made just last month. During the first debate. Will you accept the outcome of the election . If she wins, i will absolutely support her. Reporter Trump Supporters all in, but outside of trumps orbit, a flood of condemnation. When you try to sew peoples minds about the legitimacy of our elections, that undermines our democracy. I dont believe that theres a rigged election system. Reporter and the North Carolina gop, which said it was not aware Election Results were optional. What donald trump is doing right now is damaging that system, hopefully not beyond repair. Reporter the campaigns new spin, al gore did it too. But back in 2000, gore never questioned the integrity of the process before the ballots were cast, and the recount was automatically law, given how close the race was. Trumps campaign staking its candidacy on easily refuted claims, from the rigged election, trumps iraq war stance, and russian hacking. She has no idea. Its time for you to stake a stand. Whether its russia, china, or anybody else. I am not quoting myself. She has no idea. Reporter today the Intelligence Community pushing back hard. Director of national intelligence, reasserting russia was confident, you know, i think its speaks for itself. Reporter nbc news has learned from government sources trump was even briefed on russias involvement with the hack in his National Security briefings, three weeks after he openly asked putins government to find clintons missing emails. Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. Reporter less than 24 hours after that contentious debate, both donald trump and Hillary Clinton will be here, attending the charity dinner, where the only thing separating them will be a priest. Cardinal timothy dolan, seating right between them. Lester . All right, katy tur, thanks. Trump and clinton, at a potentially tense and awkward affair colonel suffer what happened on that stage last night. At times, things got personal. Heated moments that included the kind of namecalling weve never quite heard in a president ial debate from nbcs andrea mitchell. Reporter it was downright brutal and personal. Shes been proven to be a liar. Rather have a puppet as president. No puppet, youre the puppet. Reporter fight night in vegas where the biggest impact white be on the critical female swing voters. Donald trump using graphic language to fire up conservatives, attacking Hillary Clinton on abortion. Based on what shes saying and based on where shes going and where shes been, you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb in the ninth month, on the final day. Acceptable. Reporter clinton relishing her first chance to go after trump about his female accusers, looking to get under his skin. He said that he could not possibly have done those things to those women because they were not attractive enough for i did not say that. Them to be assaulted. I did not say that. Donald thinks him look better. Reporter trump returning fire. She mentions this, which is all fiction. All fictionalized, probably, possibly started by her and her very sleazy campaign. But i will tell you what isnt fictionalized, are her emails. Reporter then the moment the clinton team was hoping for. An insult they think will drive women away. Such a nasty woman. Reporter how did you feel when he said, nasty woman, nasty woman, and youre a puppet. I just didnt pay any attention to that. Reporter it quickly turned into a meme on twitter compared to a Janet Jackson song. Trump even taking nobody has more respect for women than i do. Nobody. Nobody has more respect please, everybody. Reporter late today, michelle obama, clintons best surrogate, going after trump too. Decent men do not demean women, and we shouldnt tolerate this behavior from any man, let alone a man who wants to be the president. Reporter a problem for trump who went into the debate tied with clinton among white women, but overall. Theres nothing that i saw in his. Performance last night that leads me to believe hes going to do any better among women voters than hes doing right now. Reporter with only 19 days left, the Clinton Campaign cannot hide its glee, because they believe theres not enough time for trump to bring those women voters back to his side. Andrea mitchell, thank you. Turning now to nbcs political analyst, nicole wallace. You are a veteran of tough campaigns. Trump needed a breakthrough night last night. Did ar though . Oh, just a little, lester. The poll numbers that were up at the end of andreas piece tell you everything you need to know if you want to determine whether or not a republican can win a national election. The last time it happened, was 2004. George w. Bush did that by narrowing that gender gap. He got the married women, he got the mom vote, something ive been tracking during the general election. And donald trump pushed them much further away. We have to take into terms of understanding what resonates beyond the beltway, but calling her a nasty woman, interrupting her the whole time, essentially morphing into the snl caricature of himself really sets in as a terrible image for donald trump among the kinds of voters he needs to sway. But think about the first 30 minutes of the debate. A much more subdued donald trump, and getting into substantive issues, supreme court, very important to voters. Yeah. At that point, did well, it was his best performance. It was his best debate, but as he said last night, it was also her best debate. So shes almost in another league, in terms of her ability to communicate and now defend her own ideas. So i think she did a better job. She has vulnerabilities too. These are the two most unpopular candidates weve seen on either side, as chuck todd keeps reminding us. But shes done a much better job defending herself. While he got off to a solid start for him, on the curve that weve graded him on, this point. Nicole, thank you very much. Turning now overseas where a u. S. Service member was killed in iraq today by a roadside bomb. Hes the First American to die in the u. S. Backed offensive to drive isis out of mosul, according to a Senior Defense official. Tonight our Richard Engel is on the front lines with iraqi forces and brings us an extraordinary look at the underground Tunnel Network isis used to prepare for this battle. Reporter iraqi and Kurdish Forces today push toward mosul. The main offensive was from the east and to the town of bartella, just over ten miles from the city. We climbed into one of the Iraqi Special forces old american humvees. Its battleworn, shot up, and the driver said damaged by an isis suicide bomber today. Then it was on foot. Quickly, because rounds whizzed by. Christian village is one of isiss main defensive positions leading towards mosul, and theyre fighting hard to keep it. Isis sending out car bombs. But iraqi troops are advancing faster than u. S. Commanders anticipated. Well be in mosul in two days, a soldier boasted. But isis has had two years to prepare for this fight. The soldiers showed us a tunnel they had just found. This was an isis escape route. Also seems to be like one of their isis fighters lived here, safe from u. S. Warplanes. Just based on the number of mattresses weve seen, this could have held, 20, maybe 50 people, more if they packed them in. The tunnel extended for about a half a mile. At the far end, we came up into what appeared to have been an isis headquarters. Food still in the kitchen area. Halfmade bombs too. And chemicals for more. Flag was once enough to send the iraqi army running. Thats how isis took mosul. Now its isis on the run. Tonight, iraqi forces have taken bartella, putting them within striking distance of mosul. Lester . Richard engel in iraq tonight, thank you. In arizona, this evening, police have released 911 calls connected to an unsolved serial killing spree that is still baffling investigators. After at least nine separate shootings, seven people, the phoenix area. There have been thousands of new leads, but no arrests. We get the latest from nbcs miguel almaguer. Phoenix 911, where is your emergency . Um, hes shot on the floor. Yes, its my brother. Hes been shot. Reporter the heart breaking call for help from one family targeted by arizonas serial killer. They pulled up in front of our house, i guess, and they shot kids. I have two babies here. Reporter after seven people were killed, including a 12yearold girl, Phoenix Police now releasing chilling 911 calls, hoping to generate new leads in a case gone cold. Nancy pena, who lost her brother horatio, cant bear to listen to the calls. These families are having to rehear it, relive it. Its gutwrenching. Reporter the killing spree began in march. Witnesses helped no arrests in this community on edge. He comes up at night. You get out of your car, he shoots you. Reporter a 75,000 reward and more than 3,000 tips, but the sketch, the only solid lead. When you see someone as prolific as this shooter, or these shooters have been, i think Law Enforcement knows its highly likely they could strike again. Reporter tonight investigators hoping for a break in the case. They have the face of a killer. Hes only 21. Reporter and now the sound of the heartbreak hes left behind. Miguel almaguer, nbc news. There is late word this evening of another death connected to those exploding takata air bags. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration says a 50yearold woman died from injuries in a crash on september 30th, while driving a honda civic that was first recalled in 2008. The repair never completed. The 11th confirmed bag inflators. Still ahead tonight, every homeowners nightmare. The foundation of your house crumbling under your feet. Why its happening to so many homes and why its time to doublecheck your insurance policy. Also buyer beware. Why apple says its think twice before shopping for its products on amazon. Think t products on amazon. Think twice before shopping for its products on amazon. Think twice before shopping for its products on amazon. Think twice before shopping for its products on amazon. Think twice before shopping for its products on amazon. Im terrible at golf. He is. 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We started hearing popping noises reporter the noises were so strange the parokios had no idea what was going on, until vince went down to the basement. Oh, my god. And this has probably happened in the past year. Reporter the middle of the night sounds were the walls of the basement splitting. You can see outside. Reporter in some places, wide open. Are you worried at night the house is going to come down on top of you . I worry. I do worry. How do you sleep . Some nights its reporter the parokios, whose house was built 30 years ago, are not alone. Theres something rotten in the foundations in northeastern connecticut. I have nightmares. Reporter engineer bill neil has told hundreds of families their homes are unsafe. Do you have any sense the scale of this problem right now . My best guest is 10 to 15,000 houses. Reporter in every case, the problem is traced back to one local quarry and the j. J. Mottes. In a statement, they raise the possibility that the concrete was installed improperly by contractors, but experts say the problem is a mineral call piro type, found in the quarry. After years of exposure to water and oxygen, it expands, causing the cracks. There is a fix. Lifting the home completely off the foundation and pouring a new one. For the parokios who raised four children here, the price tag is nearly 60 the value of their home. So they turned to their Homeowners Insurance. The claim was denied. An industry spokesman said basic Homeowners Insurance doesnt cover the problem. The loss is occurring because of defective Construction Materials and or shoddy workmanship. No matter what state you go to, Homeowners Insurance claim is not going to be paid out. Reporter the company. Meanwhile, their house continues to crumble. People say, why dont you just move out . Well, its my home. 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Reporter at 8, he was her dancing reporter but at the age of 10, tanner was diagnosed with brain cancer and died the next year. I didnt do anything, was the words that came out of his mouth. And that breaks my heart. Reporter tanner had a mutated gene, called tp53, that can ltd to several forms of deadly cancer. When tested, the same muteration showed up in his father and his sister casey. What are your chances of getting cancer . I couldnt be more proud of someone who faces what she faces. She held her brother during his last breath and she knows what shes up against efrl single day. Reporter now casey is the sole subject in a groundbreaking dna study theyve named the tanner project, in memory of her brother. I think shes a great example for the world. Reporter shes working with doctors like craig vinter, the first person to sequence the human genome. Pioneers like casey help us because well find out from all the tests, whether shes develops something early on, or whether she never develops it. Reporter can live with the same genetic mutation that took her brothers life. Im used to it. Reporter theyre also monitoring for the earliest signs of disease. So far everything looks good. Reporter no cancer. Which means shes free to be a normal teenager. Shes started a project called genome generation to honor her brothers memory and encourage others to consider genetic testing. He taught me so even before he was sick. Hes the reason why i am who i am today. I love you. Reporter a bond with her little brother that remains unbroken. Gadi schwartz, nbc news, los angeles. What a great story. Thats going to do it for us on a thursday night. Im lester holt. For all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and goodnight. Im lester holt. For all of us at nbc news, thank you for . [ remember the good old days . All the votes were cost on election day. All the confusion was handled by those sweet, understanding poll workers . Now youre confused and youre stuck with next with your questions. Youre not the only confused. Mistaking their commissioner. Should we boo barack . A fair question. And that kind of universal language could be useful in a school with 40 different languages. Si. And its next. Doublecheck your ballot before you mail it and dont let it out with a mistake like Douglas County did just a missing m in commissioner. If you vote in those they swear half a dozen people spellcheck that thing. Very fortunately it wasnt a name. If we had misspelled a name, it would have been beyond not good. When i proof a ballot, i focus on the names. The rest of it reads and i
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