Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester hoflt. Good evening. Exactly two weeks from election day, the center of gravity in this contest tonight rests in florida, where both Hillary Clinton and donald trump battled for votes today. For trump, behind in virtually every poll, the path to victory starts and ends in florida. A mustwin. The latest florida poll released over the weekend has clinton ahead by three points. Today clinton tried to force her advantage by targeting early voters there, while trump tried to pounce on a potential new clinton vulnerability. Lets begin with nbcs Hallie Jackson in tallahassee. Hali, good evening. Reporter hi there, lester. This is Donald Trumps fourth rally in this state in less than 48 hours, as he turns into the final stretch, slowing down time in campaigns to focus on mobilization and messaging. Trump hitting obamacare in an attempt to sharpen that message, but today still stepp
Powerful storms and a pingpong ball sized hail. Foron lightning was blamed this destructive scene and aspen hill, the chimney obliterated after a lightning strike. The home, the rest of was spared any major damage and nobody was hurt. Hour,the question at this are we out of the woods now . Steve rudin, are we . Steve we are, and things will improve overnight. This from the National Weather service, a confirmed tornado over Howard County, ef0. Not a strong tornado, the wind near 80 miles per hour, miles over 285 minutes. No significant damage reported. That was earlier this afternoon. We were on air with abc 7 covering the storms as they happen. Going on, Montgomery County through the district, but nothing severe overnight. Stronger storms all the way for the day thursday. Time you of that, plus a look at the upcoming weekend. The Storm Watch Weather Team used all of our resources here. This is what news chopper 7 found this evening in Howard County, home was battered by fallen trees, a
Friday night and the big story on action news tonight is new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and donald trump, they werent very kind to each other on the stump or on the debating stage but suddenly they are political sole mates. The stunning announcement came today in front of the big rally in fort worth, texas. Nobody had reason to expect that christie would even be there but there he was, and proclaimed his endorsement for trump. Trump responded this way. This was an endorsement that really meant a lot. Chris is an outstanding man with an outstanding family. He has done a great job. This was the scene tonight in oklahoma city, as the trump christie love fest moved to another super tuesday state. Christie explained why he is supporting trump. America needs a strong leader who will restore american strength around the world and donald trump is that man. Pundits are already speculating that should trump win the white house christie could be attorney general or even vicepresident. Endorse
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Association, and the testimony of three activists from the Chicano Movement. This is part of a daylong conference on the Chicano Movement, held at the university of california, santa barbara. Our presenter is professor carlos history. Phd in he is author of the awardwinning book, the strange career of bilingual education. And a fourth volume entitled promising problems. This year, to discuss his book published2014 by yale university. [applause] thank you very much. Is an honor to be here. Lets see if i can turn the shop turn the slideshow on. There we go. There we go. I can manage powerpoint. Thank you very much. Honor to be here at the memorial conference. His testimonial from a couple of i ago, really has been found it incredible for my own work. My talk today is the Chicano Movement. We tend to think of him as a mexicanamerican generational figure. The 1930s to the 1960s. You while ittell is to a certain extent, certainly by the mexicanamerican intellectual, he also had a tremendous