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
Be making the bomb . The dangers of Nuclear Terrorism . And the harbor cruise turns terfoying. You cant stop. Out of control with more than 100 passengers on board. It was just unreal. Plowing in to a pier. It is all happening now. But we begin with the battle for wisconsin. Republican candidates gearing up for a final weekend of campaigning before the primary on tuesday. I am jon scott. And i am Heather Childers in for jenna lee. It is a couple of big tuesdays and another one might be on the way. Donald trump trying to put a bad week behind him. Stand nothing the way to the road of the nomination is a speed bump named ted cruz ten points ahead of him according to two poll ones and now the gop establishment is looking at the state as a critical juncture to stop trump to the nochlination in november. We start with carl cameron who is following the republicans live from dc. Joishgs trump reporter those polls were taken before the abortion remark. He will be there on saturday and then thr
Ted cruz has a double digit lead over donald trump in this state. According to our fbn poll, 42 of likely primary Republican Voters support cruz. That puts him 10 clear of trump at 32. John kasich lagging behind both of them at 13. If trump amounts a comeback he might have to do it with independent voters. Wisconsin is an open primary state. Those independent voters planning on voting republican, trump leads with them. That puts him 11 clear in that category of cruz and kasich. Kasich is at the event in pennsylvania. He made news a while ago launching his attack on ted cruz saying cruz does not have a record that his record is shutding down the government and making people upset. Gretch gretchen. Okay. So it appears donald trump is now taking notice of some of these numbers. What did you find out about that . Yeah. Donald trump held one event here. Two events on wednesday and then he left the state. His Campaign Website showed two events tomorrow. But the campaign added another event t
More importance on the big meeting that happened yesterday with the rnc, days after he backed out of a pledge to support the potential republican nominee. It was a very good meeting. We met with Reince Priebus and the staff. Its really a unity meeting. We have far and away the most delegates. Millions of votes more than anybody else or ted has or kasich has. I get along with people very well. We had a very good meeting with the rnc. Bill this man gets along with people very well, too, chris wallace. I hate april fools day. My feeling is life is tough enough, we dont need to make it tougher. Bill well give you a pass for now. What are we hearing . What came of this . Reporter not a lot more than what you are hearing. It makes it work to the benefit of Reince Priebus and donald trump. It makes it sounds like the republicans are one big happy party but they arent. In the town hall meeting cruz, kasich and trump wouldnt pledge to support the nominee. Well see what happens. Whether trump ge
Yes, because its no one elses. And peace through sport. North and south korean delegates meet facetoface for the first time in over two years. No talks of Nuclear Weapons but an agreement reached to send north korean athletes to the olympics. We got a lot to cover this morning, starting with that big meeting at the white house. 20 top lawmakers from both sides of the aisle talking Immigration Reform with President Trump. But there are two big hurdles to closing a deal. We have a great panel of reporters, analysts and a governor from one of my favorite states. Hear to break all of it down. I want to begin with nbcs peter a lexen der at the white house and msnbcs Garrett Haake on capitol hill. We know the message that resonated with Trump Supporters throughout the primary and the general election, build the wall, build the wall along the southern border. Of course it was mexico who was going to pay for that wall. But now here we are, the president still wants to build it. How much do his