Lester holt. Good evening. American war planes once again today struck isis targets near the critical mosul dam in iraq. The latest strike comes a day after the Obama Administration acknowledged it is considering expanding attacks against the Islamic State fighters into syria. And that has opened a vigorous discussion over just how serious a threat isis poses outside the middle east, more specifically the united states. The grisly execution murder of american journalist james foley this week underscored the brutal nature of the group. And just yesterday the white house said isis is more dangerous than it was six months ago, a telling admission from an administration that not long ago was downplaying the terror groups capabilities. Lets begin our coverage tonight with Kristen Welker who is in Marthas Vineyard where the president remains on vacation. Kristen, good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. The pentagon is drawing up military options for syria, even identifying possible isis
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. American war planes once again today struck isis targets near the critical mosul dam in iraq. The latest strike comes a day after the Obama Administration acknowledged it is considering expanding attacks against the Islamic State fighters into syria. And that has opened a vigorous discussion over just how serious a threat isis poses outside the middle east, more specifically the united states. The grisly execution murder of american journalist james foley this week underscored the brutal nature of the group. And just yesterday the white house said isis is more dangerous than it was six months ago, a telling admission from an administration that not long ago was downplaying the terror groups capabilities. Lets begin our coverage tonight with Kristen Welker who is in Marthas Vineyard where the president remains on vacation. Kristen, good evening. Reporter lester, good evening. The penta
Back to work we start with boeing, and the safety scandal over the 737 max. The plane maker has agreed to pay 2. 5 billion to settle us criminal charges that it hid information from safety officials about the design of the aircraft. 500 million of that will go to the families of the 346 People Killed in two crashes in ethiopia and indonesia. Prosecutors say boeing put profits ahead of honesty, as katie silver explains. They accuse boeing of one count of conspiring to defraud the United States, and that is because they allege that two pilots from boeing deliberately lied and tried to cover up information about exactly how their Safety Systems function. So we have heard from the justice department. They say that the company put profit over candour. They say they we re over candour. They say they were fraudulent and deceptive, engaging in half truths and a cover up. Of this 200 billion pay out, we expect the vast majority of that to go to airlines, about 1. 8 billion, as well as 500 milli
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