Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. And we have several breaking stories. First, the trump team. What it reveals about this new white house. And tonight, the new tension also revealed. President elect donald trump today out of view at trump tower, as word comes in of a Key National Security adviser who bowed out. And after 24 hours of headlines that someone on the staff tried to get National Security clearance for the trump children, now comes word that that staffer is now gone, too. Abcs tom llamas, leading us off. Reporter tonight in trump tower, the first cracks in the trump transition now starting to show. One of the president elects top advisers on National Security abruptly resigning from the Transition Team. Former congressman mike rogers reportedly pushed out. Today, Vice President elect mike pence seen entering trump tower. And tonight, word a lowlevel trump staffer is out after requesting National Security clearance for trumps children, iv
Right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Six days into the trump transition with the president elect holed up with his team inside his tower here in manhattan, there are major signs of strain emerging. First came word of a shakeup at the top of the Transition Team. Now comes word of a purge, with some all of it happening as donald trump and his team face a massive test of filling powerful cabinet jobs and preparing to take over the white house with the farreaching federal government. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs kristen welker. Reporter as president elect donald trump huddled inside trump tower with Vice President elect mike pence, signs the trump transition may be in turmoil. Former congressman mike rogers, who had been advising trump on National Security abruptly announcing great job for many, many months under governor christies leadership, and were grateful to them for doing that. Reporter but sources
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Mason good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im anthony mason. We begin tonight with violent weather in the south. Timelapse video shows a tornado touching down today near atlanta. Other twisters were reported in florida and louisiana. They were, apparently, not as devastating as some of the 25 reported across the south overnight that left at least five people dead. Mark strassmann is in alabama. Population 700, took the storms first knockout punch at five minutes after midnight. This trailer home flipped and killed three people inside. Part of a swath of destruction that runs along state highway 71. One resident told us the lights went out, and then he heard a loud growling sound, and in 10 seconds, all these buildings were destroyed and these semitrucks were flipped like tonka toys. In neighboring ider, we found her aunt and uncle own this former Daycare Center where her family rode out the storm. Only the bathroom still stands. When we to
Arrest for the hitandrun that almost killed billy abbott. Chelsea if this noah bomb explodes this morning. Adam not if. When. Babe, its only a matter of time before the media gets wind of what my father told the police, and then all bets are off at that point. Chelsea i suppose youre right. Adam unfortunately, we both know that i am. Chelsea do you think theres a chance that vic oh, hey, guys. Those are some smiles. Billy yeah, well, we, uh, we have good reason. Victoria yeah. The best. Chelsea oh . Victoria billy and i got engaged. Chelsea [ gasps ] oh, my god, you guys. Adam uh, uh, congratulations. Chelsea thats awesome. Victoria yeah, we think so. Thank you. Chelsea so, what . Was it a valentines day surprise . Very romantic, billy. Victoria [ sighs ] billy reserved the top of the tower. We had the whole place to he got down on one knee, and i was shocked. I never saw it coming. Billy yeah. Well, you should have saw your face. Victoria we havent stopped celebrating since. Billy [ c
This on the down low. Jack out of loyalty to billy, of course. Kevin jack, i wasn t looking for a bidding war. Jack well, you got one. So who is this other investor . Victor well, jack, that would be me. Paul okay, so, if we go with your theory that billy s hitandrun was an accident and the driver wasn t aware what happened, don some point he might have noticed the damage to his car . Dylan maybe, maybe not. But it has been plastered all it s pretty hard to miss. Paul so they might be covering their tracks, afraid to come forward. Dylan well, then that makes our innocent driver not so innocent. Paul unless they were too busy to notice. You know . Two people on their honeymoon . Noah i can get the analysis done on the mining project, but it is gonna take a couple of days. Luca we don t have a couple of days. Noah take that up with research. That s what they told me. Marisa hey, if i can help noah it s covered. It s covered. [ door opens ] adam okay. Where s victor . We re supposed to ha