Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. We begin with an nbc news exclusive. A new and much different account of last months u. S. Military mission in yemen emerging that challenges the trump administrations claim that it was a success. Multiple officials tell us the raid has not produced the valuable intelligence that has been cited by the white house. This and other new details emerging as the grieving father of senior chief petty officer ryan owens is sharing his own questions about that mission. Details now from Senior Investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden. Reporter tonight, the father of the highly decorated navy s. E. A. L. Killed in the secret raid in yemen is revealing why he declined to meet the president at Dover Air Force base as his sons body arrived there. Bill owens telling the miami herald he has questions for the president about his youngest son ryans death. Why at this time did there have to be this stupid mission when it wasnt even barely a week into his a
Nothing was discovered. This is the head of schools at charles e. Smith said about what they experienced this morning. We received the automated phone call at the Upper School Campus this morning saying there was a bomb on campus. Saying that jewish souls would be destroyed. Stephen the rabbi saying to me this is very troubling given the political situation in the country. Something to underscore here, as far as trying to track down who made the calls a year and a half ago, i did stories someone claiming to be from isis and threatening restaurants in d. C. It proved difficult for the f. B. I. To track down the calls because they went through a server in phoenix. It can be very hard to find out just who is rockville. We will be back next hour with more on this situation and other similar situations under the country. Stephen tschida, abc7 news. Jonathan thanks. New information tonight in the murder of a promising local rapper. Police found two of the men connected to the crime but the s
Accomplishments at the white house ball. Good morning at studio 57 newsroom headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. There was an ending they could not dream up, not even in hollywood. There was a confusion when the wrong movie was named best picture. Danielle nottingham is in los angeles with more on the stunning mistake, danielle. Reporter good morning, annemarie. Thats what you call a surprise ending. Everyone thought the talk this morning would be about the political statements or the academy making strides in diversity. But the announcement for best picture could easily qualify as the best and worst moment of the night. Lala land. In one of the most shocking moments in oscar history, lala land won best picture and as the kaftd made their way to the stage. Moonlight. Reporter centering on the struggles of a gay black man growing up in miami. It made a special feeling even more special. Reporter hollywood honored diversity two years after the oscar so
He says agents asked him about his religious briefs. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. And the Academy Award for best picture. La la land. And the oscar goes to the wrong film. Im sorry. No. Theres a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture. This is not a joke. Moonlight has w bonest picture. This is very unfortunate what happened. Personally i blame steve harvey for this. The white house is resisting calls for an independent investigation. Getting, way way ahead of ourselves here. Theres no allegations of any crime occurring or that theres a criminal investigation. Hollywood is remembering bill paxton. Thats it, man. Game over, man. Paxton will be the numerous hits he startestar. Quite a sight in the southern hemisphere. A rare treat, an eclipse known inas rfg o fire. All that a teenager survived a sevenstory fall in his car. Its unbelievable anybody lived through that. Kurt busch won the daytona 500. First time hes won the daytona 500. W
President donald trump is focusing on healthcare this afternoon. Earlier this morning, he met with ceos of the nations Top Insurance Company and as weijia jiang reports, President Donald Trump is asking them what they want to see in his proposed replacement for obamacare. You are the biggest of the big. Reporter President Donald Trump met with ceos of Major Insurance Companies working to replace obamacare. The new plan will be great for the patients, the people, and hopefully for the companies. Reporter the president has released few details on how he plans to replace the Affordable Care act but says he will tackle during his upcoming joint address to congress on tuesday. Im going to have a speech on tuesday night and were going to be speaking very specifically about a very complicated subject. Reporter while the fight while the white house finalizes the president s speech, there are growing calls for an independent investigation into claims Trump Campaign officials had ties to russian