Inspiring america. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. We lead off with an nbc news exclusive and what we learned with not what, but who is the intended target of a high stakes u. S. Military raid in yemen that killed a navy s. E. A. L. U. S. Military and sources tell us the Risky Missions Main Objective was to kill or capture the lead of al qaeda in yemen. The raid failed to get him and he is taunting President Trump. Our correspondent has details. Tonight, multiple military and intelligence officials told us the real piece of the u. S. Military operation last week in yemen. The top secret target, the man american intelligence officials designate the third most dangerous terrorist in the world, the head of al qaeda in yemen. The mission is to kill or capture him. I think it is a Successful Operation by all standards. Today we learn the gamble to capture him was not a success. He is alive in y
Its unfortunate. Because thats a nice piece of memorabilia. Who took it . Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a monday night, and as we come on the air tonight, President Trump filing a legal brief, a short time ago. His team defending hiS Immigration ban thats now been halted. The presidt today during his first visit to u. S. Central command in florida, warning, quote, terrorists are about to strike our homeland. This is in the hands of the courts and with the halt in place, you can see the tearful reunions. Families waiting for loved ones across the country. The judge that halted the ban, referring to him as a socalled ban, say, if anything happens, blame him. We have cecilia vega leading us off. Reporter the president s first address as commander in chief began with a look back at his election win. We had a wonderful election, didnt we . Repor and i saw those numbers, and you like me. And i like you. Thats the way it worked. Reporter eventually, the president tur
Memorabilia. Who took it . Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a monday night, and as we come on the air tonight, President Trump filing a legal brief, a short time ago. His team defending hiS Immigration ban thats now been halted. The president today during his first visit to u. S. Central command in florida, warning, quote, terrorists are about to strike our homeland. This is in the hands of the courts and with the halt in place, you can see the tearful reunions. Families waiting for loved ones across the country. The judge that halted the ban, referring to him as a socalled ban, say, if anything happens, blame him. We have cecilia vega leading us off. Reporter the president s first address as commander in chief began with a look back at his election win. We had a wonderful election, didnt we . Reporter a victory lap that keeps ongoing. And i saw those numbers, and you like me. And i like you. Thats the way it worked. Reporter eventually, the president turning to
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Predominantly muslim countries. Immigrants and refugees from ha entering airports from around t of what could be a brief window to get into the u. S. Six members of a family reunited with relatives at jfk airport in new york. They were turned back after the travel ban went into effect and had been in limbo for more than a week. Unhuman what happened to us. Reporter at Dulles International airport, a group of immigrants finally feel safe. The return of our clients today is hopefully a start to a return to a stable and just immigration policy. Reporter the state Department Says 60,000 visas that were canceled because of the travel ban are now valid. Craig boswell, cbs news, washington. The attorneys general of the district of columbia and some 15 states including maryland and virginia have joined in a legal brief opposing the president S Immigration order. As have some 97 american businesses including tech and microsoft. Ld trump accused the media of being dishonest to the point that we