Trail, and inspiring 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. 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 own party, officially tapping Rex Tillerson to be his secretary of state. Touting what he calls tillersons deep understanding of geopolitics. The pick o
Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin with a followup to our exclusive reporting last night that u. S. Intelligence has determined Vladimir Putin has a direct hand in the russian effort to disrupt our election. Now today president elect trump may be signaling hes giving some credence to the russian link, while raising questio questions about why the white house didnt act more boldly on his findings about putin. Tonight, we may have learned the answer. How the Political Climate apparently caused the Obama Administration to pull its punches against russias mettling. Nbcs Cynthia Mcfadden continues her reporting. Reporter tonight, president elect donald trump seems to be pivoting a bit after our nbc news exclusive report last night that Vladimir Putin personally directed a russian clandestine operation to interfere in the u. S. Election. Tweeting, if russia or some other entity was hac
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 secretar touting what he calls tillersons deep understanding of geop
America. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. President obama today defended his level of response to russian hacking, aimed at influencing the election, while for the first time appearing to directly point a finger of blame at Vladimir Putin. Today acknowledging some of what we reported exclusively this week, the president said at the time, he wanted to play the information straight in the midst of a hyper partisan election. But nbc news has learned of moves to thwart further russian mettling. Reporter nbc news broke the news this week that russian president Vladimir Putin directed russias mettling into the u. S. Election. And this afternoon, president obama all but confirmed it. Not much happens in russia without Vladimir Putin wp what. Reporter what he designed to say is whether Hillary Clinton lost because of the russian mettling. Im going to let all the political pundits in this town h
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin with a followup to our exclusive reporting last night that u. S. Intelligence has determined Vladimir Putin has a direct hand in the russian effort to disrupt our election. Now today president elect trump may be signaling hes giving some credence to the russian link, while raising questions about why the white house didnt act more boldly on his its findings about putin. Tonight, we may have learned the answer. How the Political Climate apparently caused the Obama Administration to pull its punches against russias mettling. Nbcs Cynthia Mcfadden continues her reporting. Reporter tonight, president elect donald trump seems to be pivoting a bit after our nbc news exclusive report last night that Vladimir Putin personally directed a russian clandestine operation to interfere in the u. S. Election. Some other entity was hacking, why did the white house wait so long to act . Why di