And i just couldnt believe that this was happening in america. The law order svu star getting real life justice for women waiting far too long. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and thank you for joining us on this friday. We begin with the war of words washington has been bracing for for months. The president leading a counter attack on fired fbi director james comey just hours after comey began his much anticipated book tour in which he provides the president as a congenital liar. The president firing back on twitter calling comey an untruthful slimeball. And folks, our warning if there are small kids in the room, some of the language and descriptions go down from there in comeys telling of the Trump Presidency. Hallie jackson has details. Reporter tonight, battle mode and a coordinated comey assault. Comey will be forever known as a disgraced partisan hack. This book should be on the fiction shelf. Seems to me he seems like a disgruntled ex employee.