Dream. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, the signature republican promise to repeal and replace obamacare is down for the count tonight. President trump and House Speaker ryan throwing in the towel, a stunning outcome as late today ryan pulled the bill moments before the vote in an acknowledgement that it was certain to fail. I wig not sugarcoat this, this is a disappointing day for us. Doing big things is hard. All of us, all of us, myself included, we will need time to reflect on how we got to this moment. What we could have done to do it better. Minutes after ryan spoke, the president himself facing cameras and pointing fingers in the oval office. We had no democrat support, we had no votes from the democrats. They werent going to us a single vote. So its a very difficult thing to do. The president speaking as if it were democrats, not republicans who hold the majority. And while hes correct that there was no democratic
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, the signature republican promise to repeal and replace obamacare is down for the count tonight. President trump and House Speaker ryan throwing in the towel, a stunning outcome as late today ryan pulled the bill moments before the vote in an acknowledgement that it was certain to fail. I will not sugarcoat this. This is a disappointing day for us. Doing big things is hard. All of us, all of us, myself included, we will need time to reflect on how we got to this moment. What we could have done to do it better. Minutes after ryan spoke, the president himself facing cameras and pointing fingers in the oval office. We had no democrat support, we had no votes from the democrats. They werent going to single vote. So its a very difficult thing to do. The president speaking as if it were democrats, not republicans who hold the majority. And while hes correct that there was no democratic support for the bill, it was the presiden
Dog re ued. Then reunited with her master. Reporter several people said that they had smelled gas last night or at least at some point yesterday. However, theres no indication from Elizabeth Town gas company that anybody called in. As far as what remains here, they will bring in a contractor and take all three homes down. Thats what the mayor tells us. Coming up at 6 00, more special stories about what happened in the Early Morning hours today. Live in elizabethtown. Brian thompson. This is what the site of the explosion looked like before the deadly blast. 1035 magnolia avenue. You can see how close the surrounding homes are to it and this is what it looks like. You see the whole left where 1035 magnolia once stood. Michael, youre hearing first tonight. 11 families lost everything in an instant. Their homes. Theyve been coming to this relief center. We sat down with some of the victims caught in the blast and they tell us they feel lucky to be alive. When we spoke with wayne shepherd
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening to our viewers in the west from los angeles again tonight. The signature republican promise to repeal and replace obamacare is down for the count tonight. President trump and House Speaker ryan throwing in the towel, a stunning outcome as late today ryan pulled the bill moments before the vote in an acknowledgement that it was certain to fail. I will not sugarcoat this, this is a disappointing day for us. Doing big things is hard. All of us, all of us, myself included, we will need time to reflect on how we got to this moment. What we could have done to do it better. Minutes after ryan spoke, the president himself facing cameras and pointing fingers in the oval office. We had no democrat support, we had no votes from the democrats. They werent going to give us a single vote. So its a very difficult thing to do. The president speaking as if it were democrats, not republicans, who hold the majority. And while hes correct t