Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. The white house tonight is putting iran on notice and taking no option off the table in response to irans test this week of an unarmed Ballistic Missile calling it a violation of a u. N. Nuclear accord, a provocation and destabilizing. But the surprise warning delivered by the president S National Security adviser today threatens to put the administration at odds with other members of the u. N. Security council, which contrary to the white house, has not thus far declared the missile test a violation. White house correspondent Kristen Welker has late details. Reporter a surprise at the white house briefing. President trumpS National Security adviser Michael Flynn unleashing a stern warning to american adversary iran. As of today, we are officially putting iran on notice. Reporter at issue, a series of provocations, including iran launching a Ballistic Missile test on sunday. Flynn accusing iran of violating a u. N. Resolution on Ballistic Missiles even though the u. N. Is still assessing the situation. Late this afternoon, a Senior Administration says they are considering retaliating and wouldnt rule out economic sanctions or even military action. Iran continues to threaten u. S. Friends and allies in the region. The Obama Administration failed to respond adequately to tehrans ma line actions. Reporter iran said on tuesday it wasnt a violation and would never use its Ballistic Missiles to attack another country. The state department nbc news it was informed about flynns statements ahead of time but not fully briefed. This happened an hour before President Trumps new secretary of state was confirmed. National Security Experts warn, escalating tensions with iran could have serious consequences. I just think that while we need to be very toughminded and contain iran, there are more ways to achieve this objective than starting out the administration on such a bell lee koes threatening way. Reporter President Trump railed against the Obama Administration for not being tougher with tehran and todays actions could be indicative of a new tone. The statement is a signal of that rupture, that change in policy towards a more confrontational, a more aggressive stance towards iran and its activities. Reporter late tonight, military Officials Say the military has not changed its posture and response. The white house giving no indication of how long its review process will take or when it could decide to take action. Lester . Kristen welker, thank you. As all of that played out, President Trump left the white house today for a time today accompanied by his daughter ivanka to travel to Dover Air Base where the president paid his respects and witnessed the somber final homecoming of chief special Warfare Operator william ryan owens. The body of the navy s. E. A. L. From peoria, illinois, returned to the u. S. Today, just days after he was killed during a military raid on an Al Qaedaaffiliated base in yemen, his death the first u. S. Known combat casualty since President Trump took office into tonight, the fullcourt press is on for the white house to get neil gorsuch confirmed. Democrats are promising a fight and perhaps a filibuster. Today, President Trump said if democrats do that, republicans should take drastic measures. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams has details. Reporter now the hard part, neil gorsuch began looking for support today in a fractured senate. Because this president has started out in such a fundamentally undemocratic way, we have to examine this nominee closely. Reporter President Trump said its fine with him if Mitch Mcconnell allows gorsuch to be confirmed by a simple majority instead of a filibuster 60 votes. Its up to mitch, but i would say go for it. Reporter the Trump Administration labored to build suspense for last nights announcement. Was that a surprise . Reporter to maintain secrecy, gorsuch met the White House Team in a supermarket parking lot and landed in washington and stayed with a friend. I pledge if confirmed i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of this great country. Reporter neil gorsuch is married with two daughters and would be the first protestant on the court. Conservatives like his record siding with the hobby lobby owners saying that it violated their religious freedom. A study by three scholars concludes hed be further to the right on the court than Justice Scalia was but a conservative leader who advised President Trump on the nomination disagrees. He is fairminded, impartial in the sense that he grounds his judicial Decision Making on the constitution and the laws. Reporter the gorsuch confirmation hearing will begin in six weeks. If confirmed, it will be whisker close whether he gets to Supreme Court by the very last oral arguments of the term or several highprofile maybe five to four cases are waiting for him. Reporter gorsuch aide says one of his first calls after getting the nomination was to merrick garland, the federal judge here in washington who was nominated by president obama to succeed scalia but never got a hearing. Lester . Pete williams at the Supreme Court, thank you. Lets turn now to a cliff hanger over President Trumps pick to lead the nations schools, betsy devos today losing support from a pair of critical republicans. Her nomination to be education secretary now appears to be in jeopardy and Vice President pence might need to step in to keep it from going into defeat. Kasie hunt it on the hill for us. Reporter President Trumps pick for secretary of education suddenly in jeopardy tonight. I will not, i cannot vote to confirm her. I cannot support this nominee. Reporter republican senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski announced they cant support betsy devos. I have heard from thousands, truly thousands of alaskans who have shared their concerns about mrs. Devos as secretary of education. Theyve contacted by phone, email, in person. Reporter this sent republicans scrambling on capitol hill because without these two, they have just 50 votes. So with 46 democrats and 2 independents expected to vote no, for the first time in history, they could have a tie. Vice president mike pence would be forced to break. I was trying to get to yes. I couldnt. Reporter she spent millions of her personal fortune promoting vouchers and charter schools. You never attended a k12 school, correct . Correct. And youve never taught at a k12 school, correct . I have not but ive mentored one. Reporter and raising new questions about her qualifications. The white house says that is character assassination and they are 100 certain she will get confirmed but republicans have had to delay the confirmation of Jeff Sessions as attorney general because they are going to need his vote as senator to confirm devos. Lester . Kasie hunt for us, thank you. Th sewift and dramatic remaking of policy by the new administration is shining attention on a member of the president s inner circle who was often seen but rarely heard from publicly. Chief white house strategist and former breitbart ceo steve bannon is raising eyebrows now with a move to join the president s top Foreign Policy advisers and late today the white house responded to the controversial past remarks about islam. Andrea mitchell has details. Reporter hes at the president s side in nearly every photo op. Right there at the signing of those executive orders he helped craft. Chief white house strategist steve bannon aside from the family, first among equals in President Trumps power circle. What bannon wants, nothing short of a revolution, a populist nationalist revolution in the United States. Republican in name but trump in style. Reporter bannons influence stretching from politics to Foreign Policy. The former head of the controversial website breitbart whose published headlines like Birth Control makes women unattractive and crazy. Now on the National SecurityCouncil Principles committee. Hes got a tremendous understanding of the world in the geopolitical landscape. Reporter surprising a retired general. How unusual is it that steve bannon has a seat at the table . Ihi tnk its unprecedented in at least over the last two administrations. Reporter bannon often described as brilliant but his power alarming, critics cringe at his past as dark and warning the media to keep his mouth shut, fingerprints on much of what the president has done thus far. Listen to bannon on breitbart in 2015 . We need to put a stop on refugees until we can vet. Why even let them . Reporter his antiislam rhetoric. This afternoon prompting the press secretary to say the president does not agree. He understands that its not a religious problem, its a radicalization problem. Reporter people close to the president say behind bannons influence, he and President Trump share the same instincts, the ultimate outsiders now on the inside. Andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. We are keeping a close eye on a tense stand off playing out this evening at a state prison in delaware where inmates have been holding a number of guards hostage for hours, at one point smoke was rising from the prison and a local paper received a call from a man claiming to be one of the hostages who relayed demands. Authorities have that prison surrounded. Theres a new alert tonight about Identity Fraud with a he had looking Cybersecurity Group warning that i. D. Theft jumped to a whopping 16 last year. While those new credit cards with embedded chips have helped cut down on credit card fraud, determined criminals have just found new ways to steal. Heres nbcs tom costello. Reporter it happens every second of every day in america, someones personal identity is stolen. Last year, 6 out of every 100 consumers were victimized while new chip credit cards have cut down on instore fraud, criminals have simply changed their strategy. They went from targeting the retailer and their brick and Mortar Stores to the retailers dotcom sites. Using my information, they attempted to open almost 30 accounts, 10 of which they were successful at. Reporter socalled account takeover fraud was up a whopping 61 last year. A criminal hijacks a victims account information, then orders new credit cards. Also in 2016, a 40 jump in card not present transactions with criminals using stolen credit cards to make online purchases. Because so many people use the same user names and passwords, cyberthieves will steal that from a social media site and try it on Online Banking and shopping and credit cards. So dont reuse a password. Dont use the same password for your bank as your Retail Shopping and email. Reporter more advice, use long passwords, song lyrics and numbers and even mixing languages. Sign up for transaction and fraud alerts by your bank and use twostep authentication logins that text you codes. Geri uncovered leads to track down her thieves but an overwhelmed Police Department told her it doesnt have the resources to go after the thieves. Tom costello, nbc news, washington. Still ahead tonight, new hope for women having trouble getting pregnant. How a new test can boost your odds, especially if in vitro fertilization has failed you in the past. Also, a sneak peek past. Also, a sneak peek at tfor adults with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer, previously treated with platinumbased chemotherapy, including those with an abnormal alk or egfr gene whove tried an fdaapproved targeted therapy. This is big. A chance to live longer with Opdivo Nivolumab . Opdivo demonstrated longer life and is the most prescribed immunotherapy for these patients. Opdivo significantly increased the chance of living longer versus chemotherapy. Opdivo works with your immune system. Opdivo can cause your immune system to attack normal organs and tissues in your body and affect how they work. 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I was seeing her get hurt every single time and i was just like, i didnt want to go through it again. Reporter thats when this doctor told them about a new test, an endometrial reaccept tift analysis, or e. R. A. , that determines the best time to transfer an embryo into a womans uterus. Theres a 12hour window either way. The goal is to focus on each womans window to maximize the chance for any embryo to stick. Reporter doctors say the test isnt for everyone but can help enough for up to 20 of patients. Each test can add up to 2,000 to the cost of an ivf cycle. Jessicas test showed they had been transferring her embryos about 24 hours too late. And so doctors adjusted that and got not just one baby but two. Her bottom teeth are about to come in. Reporter twins, t. J. And parker, thanks to a new test with perfect timing, they now have their perfect family. The missing piece of the puzzle has finally come together. Im happier than ive ever been. Im living my dreams. 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It really just started with me wanting to bring some joy to my students and now its blown up. Reporter how do you remember every single one . At this point, its muscle memory. We do it so much every day, i do it with them at lunch, at recess, when they come to my class. Reporter he may have a famous name but hes one of a kind. He grew up in queens, new york, yet hes a huge Cleveland Cavaliers fan and got the idea from watching lebron james pregame handshake rituals. This is more about a handshake. Its definitely more about a handshake. Its about impacting the student in a positive way. Reporter the students here are mostly lower income. Hes just making sure they get a fair shake. They come from situations that may not be ideal. Reporter i feel like im welcomed in his class. You come in and get excited and do a handshake and then you can be all ready. Reporter in his second year of teaching, he seems to have found his calling. I feel like this is probably the number one job in america. 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