Lester holt. Good evening. An hourlong press conference with president obama today over an issue no less weighty than iran and the nuclear bomb was suddenly overshadowed by a single question about another serious topic and an answer no one expected the president would publicly utter. The question was related to the rape accusations that surround bill cosby. It was not the issue top of mind as the president went before reporters to pitch the Historic Nuclear Deal with iran but its what a lot of people are talking about tonight. Were of course covering it all. But we want to start with Nbc News National Correspondent Peter Alexander and that question. Ill say this. Reporter it was a stunningly powerful statement, especially for a president whos made it his policy not to comment about ongoing legal matters. If you give a woman or a man for that matter without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, thats rape. Reporter the president himself a lawyer
Live at the bridge with more on the cause. Reporter thats right, janelle. Caltrans now believes they know what started those two backtoback fires on the bridge. They say the fires were likely a report result of flares left behind by caltrans maintenance workers. Now, caltrans engineers spent the day investigating those mysterious fires after a blaze broke out this afternoon. That fire occurred on the very same spot on the bridge where flames erupt edmond night. A driver captured that fire and posted a photo on twitter. After reviewing bridge Surveillance Video today and finding flare remnants at the fire scene, caltrans now feels pretty confident they know the cause. Flares were left near the eastbound number one lane and it is thought at this point in time that they are the likely cause of the fire on monday night and today. Reporter now, caltrans believes that wind may have blown those flares into the graded joint where they eventually ignited and caught fire. Now, this investigation
[ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. Thank you, john. Thank you. Thank you and congratulations to the class of 2017. Great job. And general kelly, i want to thank you for your leadership as the Coast Guards Service secretary. You have really been something very, very special to us as a country and to me and our administration. Youve done throughout your entire life an incredible job defending your country. Thank you very much, john. Thank you. [ applause ] and john and all of his folks are also doing an incredible job protecting our homeland and our border and im thrilled that my first address to the Service Academy is the Graduation Ceremony of the United States coast guard. Believe me. Its a great honor. N. Applause ] ive been here before and its a very, very special place. Every cadet graduating today as your commander in chief, it is truly my honor to welcome you aboard. [ applause ] and you should take a moment to celebrate this incredible achievement. Govern governor mall
Needs to be revenue neutral, what the team is proposing. Money in politics all over, that is what varney and company does right now. It does beg the question, if there was what he perceived as undue influence, the oversight committee, could have talked it out of judiciary committee, the intel committee, devon nunez, the senate intel committee, could have gone public with it but documentation and how it was received, if it did indeed happen, that is where we need to figure out the facts. Charles congressman jason ch f chaffetz questioning the legitimacy of this memo. We have every angle covered including judge Andrew Napolitano, legal analyst steve cortez on the market potential impact here. And how it affects the trump agenda on capitol hill but we want to begin with the judge. Everyone is becoming a lawyer these days, legal scholar. 1828 usa, require james come to let someone know if he felt the president was trying to obstruct the investigation in any way. He had a legal requirement,
Train moments before the crash . And tour de red nose. Matt is biking from boston to new york. A fiveday journey to raise money for a very good request cause and so far so good. So weve got one day down, 179 miles to go today as we start day two of the red notz challenge. Today monday, may 18, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Otherwise known as day two of matts 226mile charity bike ride. He is in rhode island this morning already on the road, matt, you look great. I want you to know youre biking from boston to new york. Were wearing these ridiculous red noses for you. Very nice. Exhausting. I appreciate the support. I can feel the teamwork. We are on day two, its a lot different than day one yesterday was about 75 degrees and sunny and just perfect, ideal conditions for cycling. Today its a lot colder in the 50s, theres a little bit of