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Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin tonight with breaking developments in the race for president. We now know the ten candidates who made the cut for the first Republican Debate in primetime this thursday. You can see the stage positions right there. The final two slots go to christie and kasich, edging out rick perry. And just in time for that debate, jeb bush may have ignited a new flashpoint in the race for president with comments he made today about funding Womens Health programs. Remarks immediately pounced on by Hillary Clinton. Nbc News National correspondent Peter Alexander starts us off. Reporter on the day that republicans learned the final cut for thursdays primetime debate Hillary Clinton is blasting jeb bush for his call today to defund planned parenthood. Im not sure we need half a billion dollars for Womens Health issues. Reporter clinton tweeted, jeb bush, you are absolutely unequivoca
Reporter late tonight jeb bush released a statement saying that hu that he supports providing critical Womens Health services, especially to lowincome women but adding that he believes federal money shouldnt be spent on planned parenthood because of allegations is involved in selling lester . Thanks us now. Andrea, is this a oneday issue for jeb bush . It depends on how he handles it. Clinton pounced. Shes been so much on the defensive. All the republicans ganging up on her. Her own poll numbers sliding, even among women. And now shes got an issue. And an issue with the largest voting bloc, wome hu and it depends on whether jeb bush really articulates that he understands the importance of federal funding for Womens Health. Its a huge issue with women voters. Republicans as well as democrats. Andrea mitchell tonight, thank you. Now to a story that hits home with anyone whos taken their family to summertime outdoor fairs or festivals. The deaths of a father and his young daughter when a
Their afghan translators out of danger. And inspecting the evidence. The aircraft debris found on reunion island is indeed from mh mh370. The agonizing question, what happened to marion barry Airlines Flight 3 mappe what happened t Malaysian Airlines 3. Today in a speech at american university, president obama urged americans to join him in back the deal. He says it is the strongest Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty ever negotiated. Members of congress say it is a mistake, arguing, if the u. S. Does not agree, they will be left with one option, war in the middle east. Loiks joins ulibby casey joins n washington with more. Libby. Part of the campaign the white house is waging to convince boast of the those members on the fence as well as the American Public that the iran deal is not only smart but necessary. President obama framed the current debate over the Iran Nuclear Agreement is the most significant Foreign Policy decision since the 2003 iraq war and found parallels. Many of the same
140,000 people. Three days later, the u. S. Dropped a second atomic bomb on the japanese city of nagasaki, killing another 74,000 people. Today, tens of thousands gathered in hiroshima to remember. [bells toll] amy today, in a rare extended interview, well go to tokyo to speak with acclaimed japanese novelist and winner of the 1994 nobel prize for literature kenzaburo oe. Now 80 years old, he is one of japans most respected intellectuals and humanitarians. If mr. Obama were to come to the Memorial Ceremony, what he could do is come together with the survivors ensure that moment of silence and also express considering the issue of Nuclear Weapons from the humanity and how important Nuclear Abolition is from that perspective, think would be the most important thing and the most important thing that any policy or representative could do at this time. Amy then well go from the target to the birthplace of the bomb, we will go to or hundreds of peace activists are marching today. The disarma