Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Today in the shadow of the South Carolina state house it t. Took an honor guard just 36 seconds to lower a symbol that has divided this nation for a century and a half. The applause was thunderous and sustained. Look at the crowd. After 54 years the confederate battle flag was brought down from the site for the very last time. It was a swift and dramatic turn in history. Born of the racist murders of nine members of a black church in charleston less than a month ago by a man who embraced that flag. Tonight we have two reports. Ron allen starts us off from columbia. Ron, good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. All that remains of Confederate Flag here now is the concrete slab behind that monument on the ground that the flag pole used to stand in. A flag that for more than 50 years as one editorial writer put it, signaled to about a third of the
Sunshine. Temperatures in the upper 80s. And next weather and traffic on the 1s the hour by hour breakdown as the day goes forward and now melissa any slowdowns . You still have this closure in fairfax, oakton at fox mill road because of the overnight accident. Chopper is on its way. So as soon as they get there, well get a view of things here from above and see how bad it is. Seems like it may not be reopened until 9 30 this morning. Wide look at the beltway, no major problems. 66 and 95 looking good. 95 a little slow northbound in dale city, totally step cal for this time of the year. B. W. Parkway and Everything Else looking quite good. Travel times in ten minutes. Thank you, melissa. Today stores caught selling illegal synthetic drugs stand to face new penalties in d. C. Theyre easy accessible you can find them inside Corner Stores and gas stations and now police are linking a spike in crime to these drugs. Megan mcgrath explains the action mayor Muriel Bowser is taking today. Mega
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Today in the shadow of the South Carolina state house it took an honor guard just 36 seconds to lower a symbol that has divided this nation for a century and a half. The applause was thunderous and sustained. Look at the crowd. After 54 years the confederate battle flag was brought down from the site for the very last time. It was a swift and dramatic turn in history. Born of the racist murders of nine members of a black church in charleston less than a month ago by a man who embraced that flag. Tonight we have two reports. Ron allen starts us off from columbia. Ron, good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. All that remains of the Confederate Flag here now is the concrete slab behind that monument on the ground that the flag pole used to stand in. A flag that for more than 50 years as one editorial writer put it signaled to about a third of the states populatio
Republican race who just might have the best shot at winning the nomination. Im chuck todd. Joining me to provide insight and analysis this sunday morning are, Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise institute. Pulitzer prize winning historian, doris kernsgood within. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. Anyone who thought donald trump might tone down his rhetoric was disabused of that notion yesterday. Yesterday trump made clear his goal is to promote what is the new silent majority. Yes, he used the phrase and he took aim at the other candidates for president. Hard. I hear like donald trump doesnt deserve to be on the same stage with some failed senator, or failed governor or something. It is sort of amazing, isnt it . The scene at phoenix turned rowdy at one point when protesters tried to disrupt trumps speech and wound up clashing with his supporters. Well get to a lot of the trump stuff in a few moments, including the donald trump you may not recognize. The
Republican race who just might have the best shot at winning the nomination. Im chuck todd. Joining me to provide insight and analysis this sunday morning are, Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise institute. Pulitzer prize winning historian, doris kernsgood within. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. Anyone who thought donald trump might tone down his rhetoric was disabused of that notion yesterday. Yesterday trump made clear his goal is to promote what is the new silent majority. Yes, he used the phrase and he took aim at the other candidates for president. Hard. I hear like donald trump doesnt deserve to be on the same stage with some failed senator, or failed governor or something. It is sort of amazing, isnt it . The scene at phoenix turned rowdy at one point when protesters tried to disrupt trumps speech and wound up clashing with his supporters. Well get to a lot of the trump stuff in a few moments, including the donald trump you may not recognize. The