Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im kate snow in for lester tonight. Four weeks from today, President Trump will officially take the oath of office. But in the past several days, the president elect has inserted himself into high profile and controversial Foreign Policy issues. Today he went even further than his previous comments about nuclear weapons, and we learned that trump made a phone call to egypts president last night after the Israeli Government asked trump to weigh in on a u. N. Resolution involving israel. All of it breaking with past protocol for a president in waiting and angering the obama administration. We begin tonight with our chief Affairs Correspondent andrea mitchell. Reporter even has Vladimir Putin was on a fourhour news conference, donald trump was saying let there be an arms race in an offcamera call. The president elect told you what . Let it be an arms race,
Smart seeker as a virtual witness in a murder trial . Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im tamron hall, in for lester. She was a force all her own. Actress and writer Carrie Fisher who are rose to fame as Princess Leia in one of the biggest blockbuster series of all times, star wars, has died at age 60. The iconic star passed away days after suffering a massive heart attack on board a flight from london to l. A. From birth, she was part of hollywood royalty, and tonight, her legions of fans reflect on the legacy she created all over own. Nbcs harry smith with more. Reporter in star wars, Carrie Fisher was going to save her people from the evil darth vader. What the hell are you doing somebody needs to save our skin. Reporter star wars is not just a film franchise, it is perhaps the film franchise. She was the dominant force of those first few movies. You think im going to leave without g
Broken fibula that he suffered sunday against the colts. His mother posted this update. Derrick is out and doing excellent. We are very pleased. As a family thank you all for your prayers. As you may remember carr suffered that season ending injury saturday at at the coliseum. 6 to 8 weeks for recovery but coach del rio says the raiders will carry on. We will do what we always do. Feeling of stepping up. Feeling about it being the quarterback. It is about us as a team. Matt mcgoin is now the starting quarterback and if the raiders beat denver on sunday they get a buy and if the raiders lose and kansas city wins, the chiefs get the afc west title and the raiders would be a wild card team. The good news, derrick carr recovering. Now to the violence that happened at malls across the country and suspicion that social media played a role and then encouraging the brawl and disorder and injuries during the post christmas shopping. We have a look at what happened and the chaos that broke out i
Layla and scored more film in star wars. She spoke about her struggles with bipolar struggs and drug abuse. When asked a question do you fear death she says she fears the pain of dying but then added i have seen death and it did not look like fun but if i was going to do it i would like someone like me around. Carrie fisher was 60 years old. In los angeles, wil carr. Fox news. And for more on the life of Carrie Fisher log onto kutv. Com and look for our online story. You will find an interactive timeline of fishers life on the home page. Doctors perform surgery on raiders quarterback derek carrs broken leg. He broke aborne in his shin that means he is likely done for the year. Joe fonzi joins us with an update on how todays surgery went. I think you can say if dare require carr did not know he is discovering the degree of scrutiny with a sports star. He went unsurgery to repair his fibla. Performed in los angeles where carr is recovering this afternoon. His mother today made this post
Families. I dont want them to get out of jail. The prosecutors will decide whether they will be charged with murder. How is that little boy doing . I have a 4 yearold son myself and you see him playing with our lights and talking about helicopters and how he likes to go to the park. It is unclear whether it has sunk in for him. He is only 4 years old. The Police Authorities are saying was there Surveillance Video catching what happened . Yes, target has extensive superintendent but neither target or Hayward Police will say whether it was caught on video. Thank you. Santa clara deputies say a man is under arrest for killing his mother with a baseball bat on christmas morning. 39yearold matthew sa lousky was arrested on sunday. Police found claudia salousky with head trauma. Her son was booked on suspicion of murder. Carrie fisher has died. She never regained consciousness after heart attack and those are sharing kind words saying she was one of a kind, funny and emotionally fearless. An