Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin with a followup to our exclusive reporting last night that u. S. Intelligence has determined Vladimir Putin has a direct hand in the russian effort to disrupt our election. Now today president elect trump may be signaling hes giving some credence to the russian link, while raising questio questions about why the white house didnt act more boldly on his findings about putin. Tonight, we may have learned the answer. How the Political Climate apparently caused the Obama Administration to pull its punches against russias mettling. Nbcs Cynthia Mcfadden continues her reporting. Reporter tonight, president elect donald trump seems to be pivoting a bit after our nbc news exclusive report last night that Vladimir Putin personally directed a russian clandestine operation to interfere in the u. S. Election. Tweeting, if russia or some other entity was hac
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin with a followup to our exclusive reporting last night that u. S. Intelligence has determined Vladimir Putin has a direct hand in the russian effort to disrupt our election. Now today president elect trump may be signaling hes giving some credence to the russian link, while raising questions about why the white house didnt act more boldly on his its findings about putin. Tonight, we may have learned the answer. How the Political Climate apparently caused the Obama Administration to pull its punches against russias mettling. Nbcs Cynthia Mcfadden continues her reporting. Reporter tonight, president elect donald trump seems to be pivoting a bit after our nbc news exclusive report last night that Vladimir Putin personally directed a russian clandestine operation to interfere in the u. S. Election. Some other entity was hacking, why did the white house wait so long to act . Why di
Mr. Trump shifting his position, quote, will scare the bejesus out of the kremlin. Lester . Cynthia, thank you. Breaking news tonight from charleston, where an avowed white supremacist has been found guilty on all counts of a horrifying massacre inside mother emmanuel church. Tonight, were getting reaction from a survivor who was forced to watch a coldblooded killer murder her son. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez was in the courtroom. Reporter fueled by racism, he walked into their sanctuary and opened fire. This afternoon, a jury found dylann roof guilty of 33 federal counts, including hate crimes. I knew it was going to be guilty, guilty, guilty. Reporter Felicia Sanders, one of three survivors that awful night, who testified during the trial how she watched roof take her 26yearold son tywanza. Not too many mothers ever see their son come in and leave the world. So that was very painful for me. Reporter during his closing argument, the prosecutor raised his voice in anger, calling roof a man of