Two points, essentially a tie. Marco rubio is the only other candidate in doubledigits. Heres major garrett. Reporter donald trump won endorsements today from evangelical leader jerry falwell, jr. , and arizona chip joe arpaio, giving trump credibility on both abortion and immigration. We have so many incredible endorsements. I think i would love to win iowa. Im doing very, very well with the evangelicals, as you know and as you can see. Reporter ted cruz argued hes the most conservative candidate on issues. Who stood and defended life and liberty. Who defended the Second Amendment . Who stood against obamacare . Reporter and his campaign is running this ad against trump. I am prochoice in every respect. I can do it better than anybody. Reporter meanwhile, marco rubio is fighting to be the partys mainstream alternative. Can you win the iowa caucus . Im going to do well in iowa the nominee when this is said and done. Reporter trump threatened to boycott thursdays debate because of fox n
Diagnosing depression. Alf remembering abe vigoda. Sadly this time its for real. Fr ethe godfather to Barney Miller, the legendary actor is gone. Ornightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Time is short, nd the todo list is long for the men and women running for president. In just six days we will be counting actual votes in iowa, t in th p final stretch its all a ut thee polls, and tonight they appear to confirm a dramatic reversal of fortune among the two republican frontrunners. Donald trump now ahead in a state that once seemed to be ted cruzs to lose. And more worrisome for the cruz camp is trump is lining up what could be key endorsementsg high drama in the democratic contests, too. Weve got both races covered starting with nbcs katy tur. Reporter hey ere, lester, you know its crunch time to when one cerdidate is flying known endorsements and the other issuing a warning. Donald
Well turn to baseball now. The strike zone may be getting a lift. Commissioner rob manfred says Major League Baseball is looking whether to raise the bottom of the strike zone. Not much from the hollow beneath the kneecap to the top of the kneecap. Thats where it was till ten years ago. Its only a couple of inches but offense has been slumping for the past 15 years or so. And there was a special wrestling match in the boston area, an undefeated High School Wrestler against a special needs studio. The video getting a lot of attention. Devin shoe cois one of the top High School Wrestlers in massachusetts but now theres a las loss on his record but a victory for everyone else. Devin just proved there that its never wrong to do the right thing. If i had to lose to someone, id like to lose to andy. Like it was a winwin in my booking. Was thrilled with the victory. Hes been wrestling competitively for seven years. This wasnt his first win either. Great to see that. I love it. Great attitude
Standoff in on federal land in oreg oregon. Deadly confrontation between militia members and the fbi happening during a traffic stop outside the occupy wild life refuge. The groups leader was in custody and their spokesman killed in the gun fire. A weeks long standoff turning deadly. Well, ive heard a couple of people were shot and one person is dead. Reporter investigators moving in taking down militia members who occupied federal land in oregon since the beginning of the year. Group members driving to a meeting when police pulled their vehicle over. Then a violent confrontation, shots ringing out, the groups spokesman Robert Lavoie finicum killed. The groups leader arrested among them, ammon bundy tell, his wife saying they were cooperating with police. When they got out of the vehicle they told them to get down on the ground with their hands on their head which they did and they just unloaded on him and just shot him. They have released Little Information about the confrontation inc
Bit of snow. But by the afternoon we expect clearing skies and high temperatures back in the 50s. Then we will enjoy a warming trend for the weekend. Expect high temperatures in the lowtomid 50s on saturday with plenty of the day before 6 massage parlors were busted chesapeake detectives literally went undercover for a 30 minute massage themselves. That is only one of the several new details newschannel 3 s nadeen yanes discovered in Court Documents today. 6 massage parlors busted for giving inappropriate massages earlier this month are still listed on the website rubmaps dot com. A website which rates parlors that allegedly perform sexual acts that became a key piece of evidence for the detectives who raided 6 parlors and arrested 14 women last week. These are all new details discovered in search warrants today that led to massive bust earlier this month. Allison plant works just doors down from one of the parlors. 36 48 im a new agent so i would get here late at night, i would come o