Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Brian has the night off. Im lester holt. If theres anything weve learned as a nation at war for the past 13 years, it is that events on the ground can change rapidly and so can the mission. Today, the United Nations declared a refugee crisis in iraq. A level 3 emergency, its highest level. Late this afternoon we learned u. S. Special forces landed on an iraqi mountain top to assess the feasibility of a military rescue mission. Thousands of yazidi civilians are stranded there under threat by islamic fighters. It was less than a week ago the u. S. Began humanitarian air drops and limited air strikes against isis targets inside Northern Iraq. And now tonight a possible large scale refugee evacuation is on the table. We get to keir simmons with the latest on iraq in a moment, but first to the pentagon and nbcs jim miklaszewski. Jim, good evening. Reporter good evening. Theres late word that those u. S. Fo
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