Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Hurricane matthew, the most powerful atlantic storm in nearly a decade is taking aim at cuba and haiti at this hour, on a slow and deadly march that could impact the United States by the end of the week. Floridas governor has already declared a state of emergency. But the im the caribbean islands where the category 4 storm is expected to drop rain amounts measured in feet, triggering floods and mudslides. This view of the monster storm is captured from the International Space station. The eye clearly visible as sustained winds up to 140 Miles Per Hour swirl around it. Already there have been three stormrelated deaths. Our Gabe Gutierrez is in haiti now with the latest. Reporter tonight Hurricane Matthew is southwestern haiti, as it slowly churns up the caribbean. Threatening jamaica and millions in its path. This child nearly pulled out to sea. Eastern c
I am heather holmes. One of San Franciscos most high profile officers is in the news for the wrong reasons. Investigators say he struck two people and then ran from the season scene. Deborah villalon is live. Reporter the car led to the driver. It happened at broadway montgomery. Two man in the crosswalk or hit were hit and thrown. Car belong to a prominent cop. That car belonging to a prominent cop. Shirtless at this ice bucket fundraiser for Fallen Police officers. It supports families and loved ones. Its a dangerous job and bad things happen. Reporter a 2 30, bad things happened with course at the wheel of his dodge charger. It sent two people to the hospital. I heard the crash and saw the charger come to a stop. Kevin cochrane is the doorman of the penthouse club. He called 911 when two men were hit. They were thrown to about their there, 20 yards that way. They were lying within 5 feet of each other. Reporter here is where they landed. One facedown, the other face up, bleeding fro
Police officers all for illegally riding a bicycle now hes accusing police of using excessive for us. Well tell you this story later shell. In november nineteen ninety and washington d c i carried a bit and you are watching our team the negotiators from all countries were taking part in a Trans Pacific Partnership Began meeting today in Salt Lake City utah. Refresh your memory the chance the Civil Partnership or tp peak is a new trade deal being negotiated. That would open up markets between nations along the pacific and ran now its also one free deal that has by and large remained a secret from the however the massive pack is expected to affect jobs the environment. Consumer safety and a whole lot more and max were beginning to learn details about how much is really in jeopardy. Lastly Transparency Organization baking weeks released a draft of the intellectual property chapter of the ttp that reveals new proposals for copyright and patent rights that would boost Big Pharma Company is
Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Hurricane matthew, the most powerful atlantic storm in nearly a decade is taking aim at cuba and haiti at this hour, on a slow and deadly march that could impact the United States by the end of the week. Floridas governor in fact has already declared a state of emergency. But the immediate concern right now, are the caribbean islands where the category 4 storm is expected to drop rain amounts measured in feet, triggering floods and mudslides. This view of the monstrous storm is captured from the International Space station. The eye clearly visible as sustained winds up to 140 Miles Per Hour swirl around it. Already there have been three stormrelated deaths. Our Gabe Gutierrez is in haiti now with the latest. Reporter tonight Hurricane Matthew is pounding the most vulnerable, lashing southwestern haiti, as it slowly churns up the caribbean. Drenching jama
What is he accused of stealing and could the information have gotten into the wrong hands. Evan perez has the details. What do we know about this contractor and what is he accused of stealing . Reporter the fbi believes he stole documents detailing a sophisticated hacking tool the nsa developed to break into foreign Computer Systems. Someone calling themselves the shadow brokers posted documenting detailing the code for sale on the internet. According to a complaint filed in federal court they found a number of documents in his home. Information on thumb drives and some classified at the highest levels. He worked as a contractor for booz allen hamilton. He had a top security clearance. They arrested him in august but kept the arrest secret while trying to figure out the damage that was done. Another major blow for the nsa after snowden who also worked for booz hamilton. Theyve been trying to mitigate the threat they say they have from these socalled insiders. Do the Law Enforcement off