oasis for kids in a food desert. inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the national archives is offering new insight this evening into the nature of classified documents that triggered cascading alarm bells since at least the start of the year over materials held by former president trump. today the archives posting a letter sent to trump lawyers earlier this year after the ex-president turned over 700 pages of classified documents, some believed to be among the nation s most guarded secrets. the letter warning the department of justice was looking into the case and tonight new reporting by the new york times about the august 8th search of mr. trump s home citing those briefed on the matter, it offers new characterizations on the number and sensitivity of the documents recovered by the fbi. kristen welker has late details reporter: tonight, stunning new revelations about those documents recovered from mar-a-la
there is evidence that the chemicals leach out of the liner through the skin and then into the bodies of the firefighters. reporter: the cdc reports firefighters are 9% more likely to contract cancer, 14% more likely to die than the general public but one bunker gearmaker 3m is pushing back, telling nbc news that researchers acknowledge th limited nature of the evidence indicating that pfas causes harmful effects. as firefighters nationwide continue answering the call tom costello, nbc news, gaithersburg, maryland a potential risk in an already dangerous profession we ll take a break next, why more schools are switching to a four-day week could the trend be coming to your child s district
americans a year that contract cancer. about 600,000 die. that is more people than died in the civil war, the bloodiest war in the american history. being on the cutting edge for curing cancer and look at alzheimer s. we spent tens of billions of dollars every year taking care of alzheimer s patients. that is the right thing to do, by the way. but we ought to spend enough money to try and find a cure or at least slow down that deadly disease. so these in my view are cuts that are very short-sided. these are investments the country ought to be making. they are every bit as important as what we do with another ohio class submarine or with, you know, a new f-35. i m not saying those things aren t important but these things are important as well. eugene? congressman cole, gene robinson here. the one thing the president s budget does is essentially begins to dismember the environmental protection agency. it was founded by another
chernobyl was a bad accident. it had, we estimate, 36,000 people killed by the radioactivity. if they didn t evacuate here, and if the worst possible thing happens, then the number would be 400 people, not i m not talking about the workers, the people who are there risking their lives to prevent this from happening. i m saying if everything goes wrong, then the estimate is that 400 people would eventually contract cancer, assuming there was no evacuation. best guess right now sunday the worst circumstances zero deaths from this. juan: okay. the fact is right now as we are talking zero deaths. but, howard, you are saying, you know what? the risk is too great. it might be minimal risk. the radiation might not be great as we are just hearing from howard, but you say still too much of a risk. i think absolutely the risk is there. i mean, we are obviously seeing this from environmental standpoint. 400 people may be nothing compared to chernobyl. the risk is still there. we don t know
it had, we estimate, 36,000 people killed by the radioactivity. if they didn t evacuate here, and if the worst possible thing happens, then the number would be 400 people, not i m not talking about the workers, the people who are there risking their lives to prevent this from happening. i m saying if everything goes wrong, then the estimate is that 400 people would eventually contract cancer, assuming there was no evacuation. best guess right now sunday the worst circumstances zero deaths from this. juan: okay. the fact is right now as we are talking zero deaths. but, howard, you are saying, you know what? the risk is too great. it might be minimal risk. the radiation might not be great as we are just hearing from howard, but you say still too much of a risk. i think absolutely the risk is there. i mean, we are obviously seeing this from environmental standpoint. 400 people may be nothing compared to chernobyl. the risk is still there. we don t know what s going to happen. the fa