And titan, ben bradley, longtime editor of the Washington Post, has died. The man who guided the paper through watergate and defined journalism for decades today, wednesday, october 22nd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer, along with savannah guthrie, al roker and Natalie Morales. When you do what we do and ben bradley was in a room you stopped and took notice. He was that big. And you were probably a little intimidated. There are few giants like that in our industry. No doubt about it. Well talk about his life and career in a little while. We want to start on this wednesday morning with our top story. Liberian national is in isolation in newark, new jersey, this morning as doctors wait for ebola results. Meantime the cameraman working with nbc in liberia when he contracted the virus is preparing to head home. Nbc National C
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Im lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. Anxious months and months of hope and worry has turned to unimaginable grief today for the family and friends of 26yearold hostage Kayla Mueller. They received the confirmation they had been dreading that kayla is, in fact, dead. Her isis captors first reported her death last week, claiming she died in a Jordanian Air raid but offered no proof at the time leaving her family back in arizona a glimmer of hope. Today president obama said about the young aid worker, how she lived her life, she epitomized all that is good in our world. But it is the written words of kayla herself tonight that tell us who she was and define her remarkable courage. Joe fryer reports from her home town, prescott, arizona. Reporter emotions are strong tonight in Kayla Muellers hometown, a year and a half after she was taken captive by isis relatives say
It turns out to be a license to steal. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. The former f. B. I. Director James Comey Fired last week by President Trump wrote a memo claiming that the president tried to shut down the f. B. I. s investigation of former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. This story was first reported this evening by the new york times, but our source has confirmed the contents of the memo. Comey wrote the memo after meeting with the president. He notes that President Trump said that he hoped comey would let go of the flynn investigation. President s usually try not to influence f. B. I. Investigations of their administrations to avoid the appearance of obstruction of justice. Tonight the white house denies that the president tried to shut down the investigation, and our justice correspondent jeff pegues has more of the breaking news. Reporter President Trump and thenf. B. I. Director james comey met at the white house o
Investigators say the shooting started when the officers were starting to serve a warrant. Pew, pew, pew, and then a stop and then again, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew. American and taliban officials have agreed in principle to the framework of a peace deal. This is the closest the two sides have come to ending americas longest war. What are you doing . A shocking case of road rage. A 65yearold man clinging to the hood of an s. U. V. It all started as a minor fender bender, but quickly spiraled out of control. No one was hurt. Glor and the long line of strangers who made sure an air force veteran would not be buried alone. We all share that common bond. And this just shows you how strong that bond is. Glor good evening. Im jeff glor. And this is our western edition. Were going to begin tonight with the coldest air Many Americans have ever experienced. It is going to be brutal for tens of millions, and it comes on the heels of a snowstorm that caused accidents across the midwest today, includ