In for lester who is getting ready to moderate tonights president ial debate. The stage is literally set right behind us. There are the two podiums where Hillary Clinton and donald trump will take their positions in just a short while from now. And the stage is set in every other way. In expectations, in stakes, in suspension, in importance to the choice voters make in 43 short days. Tonight, a string of new polls shows the race is nailbitingly close for both candidates. Our new nbc News Survey Monkey poll shows Clinton Holding on to the lead by five points. Other polls show a tie and some in key battleground states as well. Some are estimating a total audience on the order of 100 million tonight and thats super bowl level. We have our Political Team assembled and ready to go. Nbcs Hallie Jackson won the coin toss, and she starts us off this reporter good evening. And if were sticking with the football talk, put it this way, donald trump cannot afford a fumble tonight. A senior aide sa
Crucial contest . Nightly news begins right now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Substituting tonight and reporting from the campus of hofstra university, savannah guthrie. And good evening. Im savannah guthrie, in for lester who is getting ready to moderate tonights president ial debate. The stage is literally set right behind us. There are the two clinton and donald trump will take their positions in just a short while from now. And the stage is set in every other way. In expectations, in stakes, in suspension, in importance to the choice voters make in 43 short days. Tonight, a string of new polls shows the race is nailbitingly close for both candidates. Our new nbc News Survey Monkey poll shows Clinton Holding on to the lead by five points. Battleground states as well. Some are estimating a total audience on the order of 100 million tonight and thats super bowl level. We have our Political Team assembled and ready to go. Nbcs Hallie Jackson won the coin toss, and she sta
Im savannah guthrie, in for lester who is getting ready to moderate tonights president ial debate. The stage is literally set right behind us. There are the two podiums where Hillary Clinton and donald trump will take their positions in just a short while from now. And the stage is set in every other way. In expectations, in stakes, in suspension, in importance to the choice voters make in 43 short days. Tonight, a string of new polls shows the race is nailbitingly close for both our new nbc News Survey Monkey poll shows Clinton Holding on to the lead by five points. Other polls show a tie and some in key battleground states as well. Some are estimating a total audience on the order of 100 million tonight and thats super bowl level. We have our Political Team assembled and ready to go. Nbcs Hallie Jackson evening. Good evening. Reporter good evening. And if were sticking with the football talk, put it this way, donald trump cannot afford a fumble tonight. A senior aide said the candida
Union. In iowa, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are in a statistical dead heat. The inevitable candidate may not be so inevitable today. On top of the College Football world. Its something ive dreamed of since i was little. After the semifinal we asked, could we get a smile. How about now . You got it a small plane made a landing on a california highway. Law enforcement removed a passenger from a flight from los angeles to miami after he shoved a flight attendant. All that. A man crashing into a police cruiser. What are you doing . Hillary clinton on an appearance on ellen. Shes cooler than my mom. And all that matters. Joe biden sharing a touching when beau had to step down as attorney general. He said, ill give you the money. What did Cheyenne Penn find out in his interview with el chapo . Maybe he saved some of that money to buy a backup tshirt. Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie rose is on assignment. A
Meanwhile, i. S. I. L. Forces are pounded into retreating from two key fronts. How the issue of Sexual Assault is casting a shadow over game day at the university of virginia. And in tonights a deeper look, the controversial surrounding campaign reform, gearing up for 2016 president ial election. Judge great to have you with us. Our top of story i. S. I. L. Claims the death of a japanese hostage. Journalist kenji goto has been held hostage since october. Online video you will not see here. Problemproblem offing the correspondent has been beheaded. Japans Prime Minister is calling gotos death an inhumane and despicable act of terrorism. To the terrorists, we would never never forgive them for this act. And the act committed we are going to coordinate with the International Society for japan would never be defeated by terrorism. Kenji goto was an experienced journalist who covered conflicts around the world for more than 20 years. Our jerald tan tells us how goto ended up in the hands of