Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and good luck to republican president ial contenders desperately trying to be heard above donald trump, who today again managed to provoke outrage and drive a lot of the discussion online by publicly revealing the personal phone number of opponent and senator Lindsey Graham. The stunt also managed to overshadow the entrance into the race today by Ohio Governor john kasich. Trump remains atop the polls, and while some dismiss his success as shortlived and the direct result of media exposure, others wonder whether his brash approach has simply hit home with a lot of voters. Tonight more on trump, john kasichs big day, and the state of the race. Lets start with katy tur in south carolina. Katy . Reporter lester, the voters at these Campaign Stops tell me that they do not trust politicians, they dont trust the media, but they do trust donald trump because he is speaking bluntly t
More than 1 million cars oon the road right now. Your Steering Wheel, your engine, could be hacked by someone outside your car. We have the list. And, on your marks. Can you guess our persons of the week . Good evening. We begin tonight with a new portrait just coming in now of the horror that played out inside that movie theater. Moviegoers in their seats. About 20 minutes into the movie, a gunman opens fire. Killing two young women, injuring so many others. Police on the scene within one minute. Victims carried out. The cineplex was packed. 20 people in the theater. He hit nearly half of the people there. Bystanders rushing to help. Just moments ago, we learned more about the suspect trying to run out with everyone else. He saw police. Then ran back inside, shot more people, including himself. The faces here tonight. Two young victims being remembered. We begin with tom llamas in louisiana. Reporter tonight, new details from inside that theater. The moments before police rush in. Its
President trump is facing two big stories this morning. First, russian hacking allegations reportedly pointing directly to the kremlin. And an uphill struggle to get enough republican votes for his Signature Health care plan. In twoe weeks he could be face to face with Vladimir Putin at the g20 meeting in germany. Right now hes calling out the Obama Administration. As this Washington Post report suggests, former president obama knew about moscows attempt to hack the u. S. Elections, but didnt do enough to stop them. Listen to this. Well i just heard today for the first time that obama knew about russia, a long time before the election. And he did nothing about it. But nobody wants to talk about that. The c. I. A. Gave him information on russia, a long time before they even you know, before the election. And i hardly see it. Its an amazing thing to me, in other words the question is, if he had the information why didnt he do something about it . He should have done something about it. M
But first, our top story tonight. There are no tapes, donald trump admits, but there are Conference Calls on russia that trump holds every single morning. Save medicare, medicaid, and Social Security without cuts. Have to do it. A major point of contention for the senate Gop Health Care bill, medicaid. This bill is currently in front of the United States senate. Not the answer. Its simply not the answer. Mitch mcconnell and them are just playing political games. They want a win. It doesnt matter what it looks like. They just want to win and what that means is that the other sides got to lose. I think theyre solving a shortterm political problem. I think theyre buying longterm pain here. Today President Trump illustrated the danger of doing an interview with a friendly Media Organization in the midst of a federal investigation into potential obstruction of justice. When he found out that i you know, that there may be tapes out there, i think his story may have changed. This couldnt have
Affair with the president violated her nondisclosure agreement and could owe more than 20 million. President trump assembled a team for his 2020 run. Meanwhile, his team has been kicked off facebook for allegedly misusing data. Were covering all of this from a lot of different angles here. Abby phillip is live at the white house. We want to start with sara sidner with more details on the Stormy Daniels case. Yeah, this is pretty remarkable because its really the first time we have seen the president himself injected into the lawsuit. His attorneys have now filed on behalf of donald trump in this lawsuit that Stormy Daniels filed. But what has happened is his attorneys have filed and they are asking for 20 million in damages, saying that she broke the confidentiality agreement, and for each violation, theyre asking for 1 million. That was in the nondisparagement agreement, the agreement she signed saying every time she violates the agreement, its a million dollars. Theyre saying she has