It brought many to tears. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. Hoping for a measure of vinds indication. The Hillary Clinton campaign is welcoming the surprise news out of washington that the justice departments Inspector General will take a look into how the fbi handled the investigation of clintons email server. The probe to include the Public Disclosures made by fbi director comey himself and letter to congress. Here is Pete Williams with details. Reporter the justice departments independent watchdog says hell look at Public Disclosures by james comey and others about the email investigation. Word of the review was welcomed by clinton supporters who say they believe the fbi affected the investigation. When a law Enforcements Agency breaches protocol in an unusual and unprecedented way for the confidence of that agency, everybody should get to the bottom of what happened. Reporter Inspector General said he will review the statements in july which he blasted the way clinton and her aides used emails. They were extremely careless in their handling of sensitive, classified information. Reporter it will look at the Letter Congress sent to congress october 28th revealing new emails hat to be reviewed. Nothing significant was found. Its easily the pointed doj review of an fbis conduct. These are the type of questions that the Inspector General looks at but its not an every day matter for it to be the director of the fbi. Reporter comey brushed aside questions. He said everyone will benefit from thoughtful evaluation and transparency. There were some strange things that neither side of the political aisle liked and they need to answer. Reporter some say the review should have been launched much earlier after the News Conference in july. If he opened an investigation then it would have prevented comey from sending the letter in october that might have been decisive in the president ial election. Reporter it will not affect the election. It will result in recommendations to the next attorney general that could range from policy changes to discipline. For now it leaves something of a cloud over the fbi director preparing to establish gnaw relationship with the president. New to that unprecedented phone call made late yesterday providing insight into how bad things are between president elect and the u. S. Intelligence community. The nations top spy chief, james clapper, calling mr. Trump and offering a public olive branch. We have more from nbc news senior investigating correspondent. Reporter the call came after mr. Trump suggested yesterday the intelligence agencies might have leaked a damaging document about him. Which would be a tremendous blot on their record if they did that. A tremendous blot. Reporter mr. Clapper said he didnt think they had leaked it. I expressed my profound dismay at the leaks. We agreed they are extremely corrosive and damaging to our national security. Further as we reported yesterday, mr. Clapper said the Intelligence Community did not consider the 35page document smearing mr. Trump reliable. A summary of which was included with the top secret report on russias influence on the election. In an appendix titled disinformation. The former commander of nato says mr. Trumps relationship with the intel leadership is broken and he needs his own team in place for the good of the country. Otherwise well have complete dysfunctionalty in our national security. Reporter two members of what mr. Trump hopes will be his new team were on the hill as part of the confirmation process. Mike pompao. The cia has become a political organization. I have not seen that. Reporter general james mattis for secretary of defense. I have very modest expectations about areas of cooperation with mr. Putin. Reporter in an interview today with Vice President biden Andrea Mitchell asked about mr. Trumps deteriorating relationship with the intel community. Its understandable he doesnt understand the Intelligence Community. The hope is he has people around him that understands its the crown jewel of everything we do whether its in terms of all our Foreign Policy decision, all our intelligence decisions. I think a number of adversaries, al qaeda, isis, north koreans, russians will try to test us right out of the gates. They want to know whether this president s rhetoric will match actions by our country. He will need the Intelligence Community to defend us. Reporter multiple high level intelligent sources say theres this, after the briefing on friday, the head of the fbi, james comey told mr. Trump about the existence of unverified allegations against him. Also told him that a summary of those claims was included in the addendum to the top secret. Lester. Thank you. Major drama on capitol hill as Senate Republicans took the first step to repeal obamacare by passing a budget resolution overnight as Many Americans slept. It goes to the house where it could pass as early as tomorrow. The full Senate Passed an exception that will exempt james mattis from a law requiring exmilitary to be out of the house for seven years. They will vote tomorrow. Russia is pointing a finger at the kremlin for cyber attacks. Inside russias president ial offices our bill neely sat down with vladimmir put putins spokesman who rejects them. Does president putin like what he sees so far . I have no doubt that, yes. Reporter putin spokesman said trump is wrong that russia hacked the u. S. I think it was russia. Donald trump said i think it was russia. Was it . No, it wasnt. President putin didnt order any hacking . Definitely not. Did he know about any hacking . President elect trump is wrong when he says russia did it . Definitely wrong. Reporter he denies any suggestion that russia sought to compromise the president elect . He wasnt bugged . No. Wasnt followed . No. Have your intelligence agencies got on donald trump . No. I have not seen a file. Reporter as to when they will hold talks, the sooner the better. Lester. Bill, thank you. Tonight a family and a city that is dealing with the tragedy thats hard to comprehend. Six children, all them siblings, parished when their home caught fire in the middle of the night. Three more children were able to escape in addition to their mother suffering an unimaginable loss. Reporter the fire broke out shortly after midnight. Flames racing through malones family threestory wood framed house. Inside mother katy and her nine children. Ranging in age from 11 years old and six months old. Nine children inside. Reporter as the house burned, neighbors ran to the scene. I heard the kids crying. My daughter heard them. They said help. Couldnt save them. Couldnt save them. Reporter an 8yearold daughter was able to rescue two younger brothers, all stumbling out of the house with their mother. We have three children relocated is there in the backyard. Theyre safe. Reporter six kids were still trapped inside. Tonight all of their bodies have been recovered. Its very heartbreaking for us all. Reporter shes worked for maryland congressman Elijah Cummings for more than a decade. Today he found it hard to find words. Its a very difficult time for our office. Reporter investigators still dont know what caused the blaze. The childrens father who was working the night shift at a restaurant told officials there was a Smoke Detector in the house. Tonight the 8yearold who rescued her two siblings have been released from the hospital. Her mother and the two family members she saved are still there in critical condition. So much heartache in baltimore tonight. After five long and punishing years Northern California is officially out of drought held by a deluge of rain and several feet of snow. With that good news comes fears of more extreme weather to come. Nbc Miguel Almaguer reports. Reporter for california, brutal cold is causing problems, but this is a sight of beauty. Yosemite in a blanket of snow. Ribbons of white cascading down water falls and winding rivers on the way to lakes and reservoirs. Enough this month to end Northern Californias fiveyear drought. Ive worked here for over 20 years now. This is the way winters used to be. Reporter this is a dramatic turn around. The half dome january 11, 2012 and now. Last year 87 of california was in severe drought. Today nearly half the state is out of the red. Once depleted reservoirs brimming over 100 of normal. Dams now releasing excess water. Southern california is getting much needed rain today too. The deluge is triggering mudslides, crumbling parts of a home in the hollywood hills. In portland, oregon a state of emergency. Plows arriving from seattle to help clear the roads. In washington state, this roof collapsed under the weight of heavy snow. In wine country, some are cleaning up and wading through water and mud not seen in a decade. It was closed but the road to yosemite is open today. Its incredible. Reporter once inside revealing an incredible glimpse of both mother natures wrath and all of her splendid beauty. All of these storms mean California Snow pack is now at 158 of normal for this time of year. The big picture here, while its beautiful and majestic to look at, the snow is major wind fall hoping to pull california out of a crippling drought. Thanks. One more note on the weather. Forecasters are warning of a massive and dangerous ice storm that will stretch 1,000 miles from texas to ohio and with ice and freezing raincoating trees and covering power lines, it could knock out power to millions. Its expected to start tomorrow. Well be following that closely. There were few dry eyes in the white house today, including the Vice President s as president obama surprised the v. P. With the nations highest civilian honor, the medal of freedom. Awarded with distinction, a level thats so rare, this is the first time mr. Obama has ever done it. Nbc Andrea Mitchell has details. Reporter joe biden thought he was coming to the state dining room for a farewell toast with the obamas until he saw the whole biden clan, family and friends. The best Vice President americas ever had, mr. Joe biden. This also gives the internet one last chance to talk about our bromance. Reporter celebrating a life of Public Service spanning nearly a half century. Obama and biden sometimes sounding like a white house buddy movie. And when the pope visited, joe was kind enough to let me talk to the holiness as well. Reporter teasing his Vice President for his occasional profanity like when they signed obamacare. This is a being [ bleep ] deal. Reporter it is as joe said, a big deal. The big surprise tonight for the man the president calls his brother. For the final time as president , im pleased to award our nations highest civilian honor, the president ial medal of freedom. I can say i was part of, part of the journey of a remarkable man who did remarkable things in this country. Reporter earlier biden telling me. Barack obama called you a brother. What has what have he and michelle meant to you and jill . This has become a family. I think michelle is the finest first lady in history. I mean in history. Reporter tonight it was joe bidens moment. I had to quote an irish poet, this where mens glory most begins and ends and say my glory was i had such friends. As long as theres breath in me ill be there for you. I want to thank you you all so very, very much. All of you. Reporter Andrea Mitchell, nbc news, washington. 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