Americans among the terrorists. Theres conflicting information and the fbi is investigating. This of course is video from inside the mall moments after the terrorists stormed inside saturday. Authorities now say at least 62 people have been killed and another 175 people injured. Nbc joins us from outside the mall. What is the latest there . We see a few military personnel behind you. Reporter thats right, many military personnel are here and been saying the last few hours they have been closing in on the terrorists, the militants who overran the Shopping Mall three days ago and took many hostages and unknown number of hostages through the day. We have seen a thick black smoke billowing from this massive Shopping Mall. Weve heard gunfire. Weve heard explosions and weve seen a great deal of panic and confusion with police out here clearing the streets at several points over the last few hours. So still a great deal of confusion here but the kenyan authorities are speaking with a great de
Hong kong. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im Phil Mattingly in for dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets start with the president. President trump admitting during the 2016 president ial race his son don junior met to get information on an opponent. On sunday, the president called the Trump Tower Meeting totally legal and done in politics all the time. Adding i did not know about it. You may know that tweet contradicting the earlier statements. The president acknowledging for the first time the purpose of the meeting was to gather dirt on Hillary Clinton and not to discuss russian adoption. As for it being totally legal . It addresses that the president is now concerned over don junior may have legal exposure in the Robert Mueller probe. That is according to sources
close to the white house. Cnn reported that Michael Cohen may have knew about the meeting despite his denials. Lets get more from boris sanchez. Reporter christine and phil, it has been
A recap of the days news. You have gone to a District Trump won by 11 points. That romney won by 10 points. And now, it is a squeaker. Mo, what for frz. John. You lost, we won. You have to thing about it this way. If they needed the president to get him over the hump in supremely red district that should tell you that the district was in jeopardy. The best read you could give. What that means is there is a surge of momentum at least in this area. We cant necessarily transpose that sort of rest of the nation. But it does suggest that, that the president is not as popular, because that was a plus 11 district. You are right. Except, i wantup to have more momentum. Because you are going to keep losing. Peck pick up the senate and keep the house. The plan for the republicans. More momentum. Campaign on the strength of the economy. As well as trump tax cuts. For, for the, the november mid terms. That its the hope they believe. Actually, you know, maybe holding on to the house. Through tax cu
Correspondent barbara starr. This comes amid a critical ceasefire. What happened and where . This was eastern syria. A place called deir ezzor. Thought striking a target they have been watching. Had under standard procedures spoken to russians ahead of time and giving a general area they were targeting but not specifics but 25 minutes into the air strikes russians called back and said you are hitting Syrian Forces not isis and at that point the u. S. Military said it withdrew its aircraft and struck no more targets there. They are certainly looking into how this all happened, where the mistake was made and we will have to see. It has not happened before. This town is a place where isis has been, regimes have been. Russians have been. So its very complicated picture on the ground there. The u. S. Not officially formally saying it struck syrian troops, but the statement makes it pretty clear the u. S. Has every reason to believe that in fact that is what happened. And i understand what h
Winter. Then play by play. How a group of volunteers are bringing the theater to life for the visually impaired. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening. Law enforcement are on edge tonight after three incidents across three states. In minnesota, a stabbing attack at a mall last night. On the jersey shore, a pipe bomb exploding just before a race. And what the government is calling an act of terrorism. A bomb blast Strong Enough to shatter windows, shake apartments and injure 29 people. Thankfully all the injured are released from the hospital now as investigators try to figure out if there is a link between the incidents in new york and new jersey. We have all of it for you tonight beginning with our richard engel. Reporter good evening, kate. What were talking about is what seems to be three explosive devices that were found or detonated here in new york and new jersey. Investigators are tr