And well be following this roll call as it plays out. It happens over several minutes. There are a lot of states who want to be counted. You see the tally at the bottom of your screen. Well bring you highlights as we go this evening. Well of course go to that big moment when joe biden officially clinches the nomination with 2,374 votes needed. We can dip in if you want. Theres montana now. Joe biden has a plan to make it happen. Montana casts one vote for Bernie Sanders and 18 votes for our next president , joe biden. Nebraska. And thats the way its been playing out. This is really a nomination on location. There are also some big speeches ahead this evening, including former secretary of state john kerry, who was the democrats 2004 president ial nominee, form secretary of state colin powell, a republican, and tonights headliner, joe bidens wife, dr. Jill biden. Well, its been a busy night. They have been on the air over an hour now. Weve seen a number of noteworthy speakers, including
as a bird strike sparks a fire in a plane engine how airports are trying to stop birds from causing potential air disasters. is there a future for bed bath & beyond? as the chain files for bankruptcy, what you need to know how artificial intelligence is helping the visually impaired the life-altering technology in our series a.i. revolution. and d the tributes pouring in for dance legend len goodman announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome on this monday we start with three major headlines from the media world swirling tonight that involve some of the most influential and/or provocative figures in the business starting close to home for us tonight where jeff shell, the now former ceo of nbc universal, is out, becoming the latest hollywood executive accused of sexual harassment and sex discrimination admitting he had an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company that news eclipsed this morning with word embattled cnn
Technology to find that perfect match. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening and welcome, everyone. If the stakes werent so potentially grave, it might otherwise sound a school yard squabble. The war of words escalating tonight between the United States and north korea over nothing less than nuclear weapons. President trumps fire and fury remarks met with north koreas threat to attack a vital u. S. Territory. And now today secretary of defense mattis with his own more artfully worded but no less threatening message, warning north korea against actions that could lead to, quote, the destruction of its people. Our bill neely is in south korea tonight with the latest developments. Reporter on the streets of north korea today, a show of defiance. The u. S. The enemy, kim jongun and their weapons against the threat of President Trump. Fire and fury, like the world has never seen. Reporter and from the island of guam, now directly threatened by north korea, secretary of state rex tille
biden is expected to pick julie chavez rodriguez to run his campaign she s one of his top advisers and the granddaughter of labor leader cesar chavez. lester kristen, thank you. in minnesota kim potter was released from prison today. she is the former police officer who killed daunte wright two years ago, mistaking her gun for a taser. potter served just over a year after being convicted of manslaughter the 20-year-old wright was shot during a traffic stop his death set off several days of protests now to the scary engine fire on an american airlines flight sunday that forced an emergency landing. the cause, a bird strike, something airports deal with every day. here s tom costello. reporter: it happened just seconds into flight. mayday, mayday, mayday we had a bird strike and an engine failure. reporter: american 1958, columbus to phoenix, flew right into a flock of geese. the right engine engulfed in flames all of a sudden we heard somebody say fire, fire.
mandate, so i feel safer there than at school, and it should be the other way around reporter: while parents are split over the best strategy to protect our kids, the fda is warning parents to not seek unapproved shots for children under 12, who remain too young to get vaccinated, saying children are not small adults, while pointing to ongoing pediatric clinical trials. a vaccine is expected to be approved by the end of the year. and breaking news tonight a new york court has issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the state s hospital vaccine mandate when somebody claims a religious exemption. the state has until the 22nd to respond. lester kristen, thank you. also breaking tonight, stunning revelations in a new book that america s top military officer was so concerned former president trump might spark a war with china in his final months in office, he took extraordinary actions. here is chief washington correspondent andrea mitchell with that reporter: