Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin here with another one of those stories that reminds us isis is determined to inspire a terror attack on our soil. This one comes from massachusetts. A young man busted by the feds. They say he was inspired by isis and was hatching a plot to explode bombs in College Cafeterias. In this case the suspect was already on authorities radar. It turns out his father a police captain, sounded the alarm and turned him in. Our ron mott has details. Reporter federal officials in boston announced the arrest of 23yearold Alexander Ciccolo the son of Boston Police captain Robert Ciccolo ciccolo. A Police Source told nbc news captain ciccolo reported his son to the fbi after learning he was allegedly plotting an isisinspired attack. According to court documents, ciccolo goes by the name Ali Al Amriki and was arrested july 4th after receiving four guns from an undercover agent. The g
Tracie potts is live in washington. How are law makers reacting to day . But here on capital hill, law makers are very skeptical. Hes planned a News Conference today really trying to break down all the details in this deal. Whats the alternative gorksalternative, go to war now . It is high time for people in the United States to start looking at iran without those tainted glasses. Reporter but that may not be easy on capitol hill. It looks like he made a worse deal than even we had feared. Well do anything we can to stop it. Reporter republicans dont appear to have enough democrats on board to help them override it. I think its going to be hard in any event. And im sure hell work hard to get his 34 votes. I want to go through this process and make sure we fully understand what it is were voting on. All of us are going to study those details. Reporter congress has 60 days to approve the deal. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will continue to urge lawmakers to reject
Mid flight dropping more than 12,000 featset. And courage controversy. The special honor being awarded to Kaitlyn Jenner and why some say its undeserved. This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. We have willie in for matt. The very moment that el chapo disappeared. Here it is, inside the prison cell, makes his way to the shower and disappears through a hole in the floor going through that tunnel weve been talking about all week, that elaborate tunnel with a train system inside. Well go in the tunnel with mark potter. Why wasnt anyone watching that video at that exact moment. Now the question is will they ever find him . More on that in a moment. We have a top story first. President obama is facing a tough sell over the deal that he says will prevent iran from building a nuclear bomb. Were going to talk about all of this with u. S. Senator and president ial candidate Lindsey Graham in just a moment but firs
Contained and were moving in the right direction there. That we have jump started a process to solve the civil war in syria which is like an open sore in the region. And is giving refuge to terrorist organizations who are taking advantage of that chaos. To make sure that in iraq not only have we pushed back isil but weve also created an environment in which sunni, shia and kurd are starting to function more effectively together. And to be in conversation with all of those in the region so they feel they can address any potential threats that may come including threats from iran. And that includes assurances and cooperation to israel building on the unprecedented cooperation that is put in place. It includes the work weve done with the gcc up at camp david making sure we execute that. If wed done those things then the problems in the middle east will not be solved. And ultimately its not the job of the president of the United States to solve every problem in the middle east. The people
With a does it mean for flyers . And courage controversy. The special honor awarded to Kaitlyn Jenner and why some people say it is undeserved. Today wednesday, july 15, 2015. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Willie in again for matt. We have to watch that video one more time. The moment el chapo disappeared. Inside the prison cell. Makes his way to the shower and dis disappears through a hole in the floor going through the tunnel the elaborate tunnel with a train system inside. Well go inside with mark potter in the tunnel. Begging the question why wasnt anyone watching at that moment. Now the question is will they ever find him . More in a moment. We have todays top story and with a fight on his hands already, president obama is facing a tough sell over the deal he says will prevent iran from building a nuclear bomb. Well talk about this with u. S. Senator and president ial candidate Lindsey Graham in a moment. First Peter Alexander at the white house with the d