Children will catch potentially deadly cases this season. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. What happened this morning just outside new york city is among the worst nightmares for more than one million americans who ride commuter trains to work each day. It happened at the height of the rush in hoboken, new jersey. A train filled with mostly manhattanbound commuters failed to stop as it reached the end of the line, smashing into a barrier at high speed and into the station itself. One person was killed and more than a hundred were injured. Some severely hurt. The man at the controls at the time is among the survivors and may be able to answer the question of what went so terribly wrong. Nbcs tom costello has the latest from the scene. Reporter 8 45 a. M. I have heavy structural damage. I have people trapped on the train. Major, major casualties. Reporter a violent thundering crash sudden
General, Jeff Sessions, talks about gangs. Americas news headquarters starts right now. Eric we begin with a milestone today for President Trump. You know, its been 100 days since he took up residence in the white house, and the president is scheduled to travel at this hour to harrisburg, pennsylvania, where he will tour a factory and sign an executive order calling for a review of americas trade agreements. Molly he will cap off the day with that campaignstyle rally later on tonight where he is expected to tout his accomplishments and lay out his agenda moving forward. The rally will be held at the same time as the annual white house Correspondents Dinner which the president is skipping, having a rocky relationship as weve seen with the media. President trump tweeting today mainstream fake media refuses to state our long list of achievements including 28 legislative signings, strong borders and great optimism. Kevin corke joins us live from the expo center in harrisburg. Lovely day do
Took place under a state of emergency. Eric live in paris with the very latest on somewhat surprising election in macron has never had an election ever. Amazing on both sides, eric and arthel. French voters have spoken and vi have come up with a very strong and different kind of choice about who they want for their next president. Remember, as they voted today they were choosing from 11 different candidates. They pick two outsiders. They are dissatisfied about the economy and situation here and rejected the candidates of the major parties. Populist front candidate marine la pen to deal with the flagging economy. She called france to leave the inturnan union or at least negotiate with new terms, she wants to crack down on the borders and control on some of Muslim Population here in france as she will be facing off against centrist, moderast and while hes taking a strong line on terror, tone more inclusive. We heard from central right former Prime Minister and loser Francois Fillon and t
That. So what are we expecting today from the president s speech, john . The National Security strategy which the president has out in his first year, not many administrations do that. He will lay out his new National Security strategy at 2 00 this afternoon at the reagan building. It is really based on five pillars. All of which he talked about at length during the campaign and in the 11 months he has been president. First of all, to protect the American People, the homeland and american way of life through strengthening Border Security and reforming immigration and promote american prosperity by rejuvenating the economy. Cutting new trade deals with some of our allies. Preserving peace through strength. The reagan mantra. Rebuilding and reequipping the u. S. Military. Championing American Values while not seeking to impose our way of life on anyone and pursuing a regional Security Strategy to promote security and stability in an entire region, not just among individual countries. The
At Trump National golf course. But before heading out he spent time on twitter. Also tweeting anew about north korea and defending his decision to end the joint military exercises with south korea. He wrote, holding back the war games during the negotiations was my request because they are very expensive and all so quite provocative. Can start up immediately if talks break down, which i hope will not happen. He touted his agreement with kim jongun. He says the denuclearization deal with north korea is being parades all over asia. They are so happy. Here in america people would rather see the Historic Deal fail. We should note while the entire world is hoping north korea will denuclearize. But several of our allies have expressed concerns about the decision to end military exercises. Steve bannon says the president has been unfairly cite sides for his meeting with kim jongun. He says republicans are not doing enough to support number those peace talks. He didnt give up any sanctions. It