Some wondering if South Carolina could be his last stand, and for democrats the focus remains on winning over africanamerican voters. We have all sides covered starting with nbcs Peter Alexander in columbia, South Carolina. Hello, peter. Reporter hey, good evening to you, lester. Tonight the president is weighing in on the republican race to succeed him, dismissing the party frontrunner. Here in South Carolina donald trump is favored to win and jeb is desperate for a comeback. So much for southern charm. The leading republicans today in another ferocious round of fighting. Then bush, poor bush. Reporter even president obama piled on. Being president is a serious job. Its not hosting a talk show or a reality show. Its not promotion. Its hard. In any other year South Carolina should be jeb bushs to lose, the state thats embraced he have on moderate republicans and veterans, but today with donald trump again dominating, bush is pullingolling a distant fourth facing new urgency to jump sta
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Best in show. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. As he laid out the ground today for a major battle with Senate Republicans over a Supreme Court nomination, president obama also waded deep into the race for president at a News Conference late this afternoon taking on donald trump and other republican candidates saying being president is a serious job. Its not hosting a reality show. His remarks come just four days away from the next major test in the race for president with trump maintaining his National Lead among republicans in our new nbc News Survey Monkey poll and jeb bush lagging behind, some wondering if South Carolina could be his last stand, and for democrats the focus remains on winning over africanamerican voters. We have all sides covered starting with nbcs Peter Alexander in columbia, South Carolina. Hello, peter. Reporter hey, good evening to you, lester. Tonight t
As well. A message to the senate. The case of the serial killer, far worse than first thought. Accused in ten deaths, now linked to several others. What was discovered in his home. And mic check. America loves adele, but millions watching wondering, what happened . Tonight, adeles own explanation, right here. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. We begin tonight with a very dangerous commute home. A storm hitting in the east, another one about to hit in the west. And in the south tonight, multiple tornadoes, the pictures just coming in. An ef1 tornado confirmed outside miami. Winds about 100 miles an hour. Drivers there on i95 in the middle of it all. And you will see the rescues in a moment, playing out elsewhere. Meanwhile, the Chain Reaction crashes further north. Coating of ice in pennsylvania. I81 outside scranton, trucks and cars colliding. We begin tonight with abcs gio benitez live here in new york city tonight. Gio, good evening. Reporter da
Some wondering if South Carolina could be his last stand, and for democrats the focus remains on winning over africanamerican voters. We have all sides covered starting with nbcs Peter Alexander in columbia, South Carolina. Hello, peter. Reporter hey, good evening to you, lester. Tonight the president is weighing in on the republican race to succeed him, dismissing the party frontrunner. Here in South Carolina donald trump is favored to win and jeb is desperate for a comeback. So much for southern charm. The leading republicans today in another ferocious round of fighting. Then bush, poor bush. Reporter even president obama piled on. Being president is a serious job. Its not hosting a talk show or a reality show. Its not promotion. Its not marketing. Its hard. In any other year South Carolina should be jeb bushs to lose, the state thats embraced he have on moderate republicans and veterans, but today with donald trump again dominating, bush is pullingolling a distant fourth facing new