Edition of politics nation growing hope, live from the sweet auburn festival in downtown atlanta. Well look at ways we can all give back to our communities and improve the lives of people around us. We hope to see you there. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton, hardball starts right now. A tail of dark sposs. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Lets start with the right wing efforts to scare off people with benghazi and scare off minorities who might vote democrat without outright voter suppression. This is aimed at the elections this november, obviously. One, drive up the suspicious right, including the Second Amendment people by saying the ghovt is lying to them about the death of u. S. Diplomats, about the irs, about fast and furious to catch cross border drug dealers. Two, change and restrict voter laws to discourage and confuse democratic voters. Bottom line, a big republican victory this november. A veritable thumping of the democrats, set setting the stage of two years of administ
On the record with Greta Van Susteren is up next. See you tomorrow. This is a fox news alert. The secretary of defense is warning, warning every single american about isis. Isil is as sophisticated and well funded as any group that we have seen. Theyre beyond just a terrorist group. They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess. They are tremendously well funded. Oh, this is beyond anything that we have seen. So we must prepare for everything. He says we must prepare for everything, you can hear it in his voice, the pentagon is in a crisis mode. Meanwhile, across the potomac river, the lights are out at the white house. No one is home. President obama still on vacation. And today, he was back on the golf course, that is despite being slammed from the left and the right. Democrats and republicans both slamming him about playing golf yesterday, and that was just minutes after talking to the nation about the beheading of an american journalist, and john
Cur curry, then nhl stanley cup finals game one between the rangers kings. On the broadcast tonight, celebration cancelled. Stunning news from Bowe Bergdahls hometown, plus what we learned about that dramatic moment of freedom caught on camera. U. S. Forces facetoface with the taliban. Burning questions being answered tonight with Hillary Clintons revealing about 2016, her health and the health of her husband and what she has to say about Monica Lewinsky. Flying blind, a growing danger for pilots and passengers nationwide from lasers on the ground. How the fbi is fighting back. Against all odds, a towering achievement today for one of the most inspiring teenagers you will ever meet. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening everyone. Im ann curry in for brian tonight. As were seeing for the first time, the moment caught on videotape when Bowe Bergdahl was freed and taken into the protection of u. S.
Not be a group hug starts in just seconds. Check it out. Log on. We would love to hear from you. Ask this is a fox news alert. A senior white house official confirming president obama is considering sending Ground Troops to iraq. Deputy National Security advisor ben rhodes saying president obama could decide in just days whether to send in Ground Troops to rescue thousands of religious refugees who are trapped on a mountaintop. And fox news also confirming a team of American Special ops landing on mount and spending 24 hours there to assess the best way to evacuated refugees. Landed in mount sinjar iraq time. Greg with the very latest. Greg . Greta, yeah, a lot of action in this part of the world. Those extra troops that have
come here to Northern Iraq are based in this city not too far from where we are and we believe those special force operators that spent that time, you were talking with on mount sinjar to the left of this location this space as well. A lot of action over there as
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and villages, killing innocent unarmed civilians in cowardly acts of violence. They have abducted women and children and subject them to torture and rape and slavery. They have murdered muslims, sunni and shia, by the thousands. They target christians and religious minorities, driving them fr