Murray, thanks to both of you. Thanks for watching our msnbc special. Find me on weeknights. Its the beet, 6 00 p. M. Eastern. It started as a 30minute phone call between two president s. It erupted into a fullscale scandal that now threatens to bring down donald trump. Today im announcing the house of representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. Our president sacrificed our National Security and our constitution for his personal political benefit. Theyve been trying to impeach me from the day i got elected. And you know what . They failed. Youve seen the headlines. Tonight well dive deep into the part of the story you havent heard. And key players will reveal for the first time what really happened. As we go on assignment. The conversation just after 9 00 a. M. On july 25th started out friendly. President donald j. Trump calling his newly elected counterpart, ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. This is from the official notes of the phone call released b
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin with a remarkable number. Right now, around 95 wildfires are burning in the western u. S. And tonight, the u. S. Military is answering an urgent call for help. At least 100 troops have been called up in Washington State, the first deployment of activeduty soldiers to battle fires in nine years. The fires are burning across at least six states. The stakes are high, and so is the cost, 100 million a week. At that rate, Officials Say the money will run out next month. Our team is deployed across the region. Lets start in chelan, washington, with National Correspondent miguel almaguer. Miguel . Reporter hey, lester, good evening. Heavy smoke hangs in the air here. Behind me, there is destruction. In front of me, two miles ahead, a wildfire is moving in multiple directions. At least 56,000 acres here have been destroyed. More than 32 homes are gone. This as that fire is
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. A success against terrorism. The words of belgiums Prime Minister after announcing a few hours ago that the only surviving attacker in novembers terror attacks in paris has been taken alive. 130 people died in that awful night last november when isis terrorists massacred concertgoers and patrons at a restaurant. All but one of the attackers were killed within days as the last slipped across the border into belgium. And it was there in a Dramatic Police raid today that elusive suspect was shot and wounded and taken into custody. Nbcs keir simmons has late details from brussels. Reporter gunfire on a sidewalk special forces aim at a suspect. They drag him to a police car. He falls, and bundled into the back. People flee as more gunfire erupts, and live on belgian television, an explosion. The Dramatic Police raids capturing europes most wanted terrorist, 26yearold salah abdesl