Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Today the icecold water of washington reality was thrown over the celebration by House Republicans over yesterdays successful vote to repeal and replace obamacare. Thats because of the still bigger battle that awaits in the u. S. Senate, where key republicans are saying tonight slow down, as they plan to go back to square one to craft their own Health Care Replacement plan. A process that will take more time and require virtually every republican to be on board to pass. Here is National Correspondent Peter Alexander with what happens next. Reporter tonight, its the Republican Health care plan going under the knife. Youll have Better Health care at a lower cost. And now im calling on the senate to take action. Reporter but the house helped bill where republicans can only afford to lose two votes. The senate will write its own bill. My goals will be to rescue th
Half of the work is already done. Shes isolated and shes helpless. Uber passenger gone public with cell phone video he says shows drivers unsettling attitude towards women. Im ama daetz, dan ashley is off. Ride Share Company acted swiftly to get that driver off the street. Live with recording and reaction. Reporter passenger asked us not to use his name but picked up in this area after 1 00 in the morning over the weekend. Uber pool and the conversation between other passengers and driver was quote disgusting. Heres the recording. My dream is to have some drunk chick by herself, go home at end of my shift and she wants me to come in. Perfect ending to my day. Reporter man says thats uber driver speaking to passengers after a pickup in san jose. Conference continued. Half the work already done, shes isolated and drunk. Reporter passenger asks if taken advantage, driver says this. Get really drunk too and cant be held responsible. Reporter man thought driver crossed line. Posted it on fa
Half of the work is already done. Shes isolated and shes helpless. Uber passenger gone public with cell phone video he says shows drivers unsettling attitude towards women. Im ama daetz, dan ashley is off. Ride Share Company acted swiftly to get that driver off the street. Live with recording and reaction. Reporter passenger asked us not to use his name but picked up in this area after 1 00 in the morning over the weekend. Uber pool and the conversation between other passengers and driver was quote disgusting. Heres the recording. My dream is to have some drunk chick by herself, go home at end of my shift and she wants me to come in. Perfect ending to my day. Reporter man says thats uber driver speaking to passengers after a pickup in san jose. Conference continued. Half the work already done, shes isolated and drunk. Reporter passenger asks if taken advantage, driver says this. Get really drunk too and cant be held responsible. Reporter man thought driver crossed line. Posted it on fa
Heres the recording. My dream is to have some drunk chick by herself, go home at end of my shift and she wants me to come in. Perfect ending to my day. Reporter man says thats uber driver speaking to passengers after a pickup in san jose. Conference continued. Half the work already done, shes isolated and drunk. Reporter passenger asks if taken advantage, driver says this. Get really drunk too and cant be held responsible. Reporter man thought driver crossed line. Posted it on facebook as warning to women in san jose and complained to uber who was responsive. Released a Statement Reads the comments in the video are disturbing and dont represent the driverpartner community. Been banned from uber. Thats good news to this user. But this woman would be skeptical. I dont know what they do to ensure the drivers are qualified or decent people. Reporter former attorney general eric holder released recommendations to help the company with workplace issues. Ceo serving a controversial sentence f
Quite gusty, 20 to 30. Offshore flow kicks in. Well have extremely dry conditions in the highest elevations around the bay area and around the seashore. See that right there . Low clouds trying to come in, not going to happen. Hot temperatures beginning today for a prolonged period. So a heat advisory in effect for saturday for most of the bay area. Then inland well have some watches in effect, as well. Now, temperatures today 60s beaches, 70s and 80s across the bay. Approaching nearly 90 around the peninsula. Well be right into the mid to high 90s away from the bay. Outside number today 99 degrees. Bested by triple digits over the weekend. Full forecast 18 minutes after the hour but right now lets send it over to jaclyn. Good morning. Right now, we are tracking just a few brake lights along westbound 580. And its stretching on to westbound 205 folks making their way out of tracy into livermore. Our super commuters out there. Hey, were still in the green tracking travel time just under