Lesson in friendship playing out at recess, nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We heard directly from President Trump late today about the on slot of headlineslot of headline slot of headlines battering the white house this week. In a brief news conference, the president saying yesterdays appointment with special counsel to take over the russia investigation is a witch hunt that divides the country. And he offered an emphatic no when asked whether the former fbi director comey knew about National Security advisor Michael Flynn. We get details from chief White House Correspondent hallie jackson. Reporter tonight, new reaction to the special counsel taking over the russia investigation. I respect the move but the entire thing is a witch hunt and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can [000 01 59;00] russians, zero. I think it divides the country.
Over. Today, saturday, august 26th, 2017. From nbc news, this this a special edition of today Hurricane Harvey makes landfall. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im sheinelle jones. Glad to have you with us. Im craig melvin. Dylan and lester are in texas covering Hurricane Harvey with our team of nbc news correspondents. Well get to them in a moment. First, a look at the latest information on the storm. Check it out. This is a satellite image of a harvey ads it rolls over texas. A huge rainmaker. This is the scene from up in space. The astronauts aboard the International Space station capturing this image of the enormity of Hurricane Harvey. Heres a live look at galveston where the rain and wind has been nonstop since harvey came ashore. Heres the latest Hurricane Harvey made landfall around 10 00 p. M. Central time. Came ashore as a categoryfour storm. Its since been downgraded to a category one. Harvey brought with it wi
Rescues overnight. At least two are dead and the toll could get higher as the storm parks itself over texas. Lets get to houston where we find jacob rascon. Good morning. Reporter the Officials Say the worst case a declare yoe a or a foot and a half, and exactly that has happened. We got so much rain so fast that the seasoned guys and gals are stunned. Up to 5 inches of rain per hour. Behind me what you are seeing is what weve seen all over the city, which is where there is a continue here, people will not be able to see it in the dark and they will get stuck. This is catastrophic as they said it would be. Up to 20 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. This is that 100 year or more flood that they say that they wish they dont get and hope they were preparing for. Tens of thousands of katrina survivors are among those that live here, we have spoken to some of them what it means to brace for another one like this and the big, big problem as you know, this is day two of what will be a five
Thousand rescues overnight. At least two people are dead in texas, the toll could get higher as the storm parks itself over texas in the coming days. Lets get right to houston where we find jacob rascon. Jacob, good morning. Reporter good morning. Over the last couple days, we asked all of the officials what is the worst Case Scenario, they say a foot or foot and a half really fast, our volumes, creeks, rivers cant handle that, and theyll overflow into neighborhoods and into freeways, exactly that has happened. We got so much rain so fast, the local meteorologists, seasoned guys and gals are stunned at what theyre seeing, five inches of rain per hour. And behind me, what youre seeing is what weve seen all over the city, which is in freeways where theres a dip here, people will not be able to see it in the dark and theyll get stuck. We understand most people got out. We have run into people who have been stuck and got out and theyre waiting to be picked up. This is catastrophic as they
America. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. After a lengthy and very public casting call through the lobby of trump tower, the president elect ended the suspense today over one of the most coveted jobs in his administration. Donald trump picking an oil company ceo to be his secretary of state. With no government experience, Rex Tillerson, the exxon mobil boss, is being praised as a seasoned International Deal maker in business, and it is those business connections, specifically his ties to russia, that are raising the most serious concerns about him tonight. And putting trump at odds with members of his own party. Nbcs Kristen Welker starts us off with the latest. Reporter tonight, president elect donald trump, likely setting up his first confirmation fight with members of his own party, officially tapping Rex Tillerson to be his secretary of state. Touting what he calls tillersons deep u