Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. With the grief still palpable in this country over the death of a young arizona Woman Held Captive by isis, president obama today asked congress to authorize the use of force against the terror group. The request at first glance may seem academic given that u. S. Warplanes have been pounding isis targets since last summer. But the president s request for a threeyear campaign against isis carefully spells out what the fight will and will not look like including under what circumstances american boots will step foot in the combat zone. Senior White House Correspondent Chris Jansing joins us now with full details. Hello, chris. Reporter good evening, lester. The president s critics have been calling for this more authorization since the first fighter jets went up over iraq. But the november election that gave republicans control of both houses of congress had lead
Warnings ahead. The incredible act of kindness that swept the nation. A target employee tieing a tie for the first time for his Job Interview. Fox and friends starts right now. Youre watching fox and friends. You shouldnt have, thank you. Happy valentines day. Thank you, we want to get right to the fox news alert. Isis attacking an iraqi base. They are beating back isis for now. The apache helicopters returning back to the base without having to fire a shot. Isis taking over a shot, allbaghdadi, just five miles away. While military officials here in washington are putting the best possible face on the incursion, this is the first time a limited number of isis fighters have penetrated. Early reports is that some did detonate their vests themselves. They were followed by something roughly around 15 or so other fighters. It does appear now that most if not all of them were wearing iraqi uniforms. A former Intelligence Officer says the base is about the size of boulder colorado and the ter
Fly. Good evening. Im tom llamas, in for david tonight. And we begin with the death of gene wilder. News of his passing, an occasion to remember how much he made us laugh. The reactions pouring in from coast to coast, as we learn more about his final moments. Wilder was a genius comic actor, and a very talented writer, director and producer. But he became a star playing the Mad Scientist in the 1974 spoof, young frankenstein. And then, there is gene wilder, the willy wonka for all time. Abcs david wright starts us off with this look back. Will you get ahold of yourself . Dont touch me dont touch me reporter he was hysterically funny. Im wet im wet im hysterical and im wet. Im in pain and im wet and im still hysterical reporter from his first big hit, the producers i dont think im going to make it. Reporter to later ones, like stir crazy so long, suckers. Reporter nobody could panic quite like gene wilder. But he could also play it cool. One, two reporter like the gunslinger in blazing