Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news, World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news, with lester holt. Good evening, the u. S. Is promising to respond after an American Naval destroyer came under missile attack tonight near yemen, the second time in less than a week. Pentagon Officials Say the missiles were launched from territory controlled by iranianbacked rebels. The ship was not hit and there but the attack have raised the stakes in the region and threatened to draw the u. S. Into yemens civil war. Nbcs hans nichols has late details. Its the second time in four days missiles have been fired at the american destroyer. The uss mason. The suspects behind the brazen attack . Militias backed by iran. The latest incident began around sundown tonight. One missile was fired from an iranianbacked rebels, the houthis. The u. S. Officials did not confirm if the u. S. Destroyer scored a direct hit. The uss san antonio was also in the vicinity. The mason was also fi
In the area are casting their 4 seconds tractor nats were starting off tonight with have a crew at the event and for joining us. Is going to get very chilly High Pressure tracks through the temperatures will be closer to normal as we head into friday lead to scattered showers and thunderstorms saturday afternoon and evening. Sunday will be and while the general election is still 27 days away some iowans already have their minds made up. Were hearing from some early voters heading to the booth in the midst of the final election push. Kwwls Macleod Hageman joins us live with more. Mac . The 2016 president ial race has been one of the most contentious campaigns americans have ever seen. Scandals aside several cast their ballots early. I just dont like the way its share who they want to lead the country. But according to county officials the number of people voting absentee is down more than four thousand people. We asked Black Hawk County auditor grant veeder why . That is the 64,000 ques
Thunderstorms saturday afternoon and evening. Sunday will be dry, but more chances for rain sunday night into the area, so our wind will be light tomorrow. Temperatures tomorrow will be below average, with highs in the 50s but we will have plenty of sunshine. Clear skies tomorrow night will lead to temperatures in the 30s, temperatures will be closer to normal as we head into friday moisture on saturday, which will lead to scattered showers and thunderstorms saturday will be dry, but more chances for rain sunday night into monday. Former president bill clinton in the state campaigning for his wife, hillary. President clinton speaking at an early voting event at the National Cattle congress in waterloo, after making a stop in indianola earlier. Kwwls Jessica Hartman was at the event this evening and joins us for nearly an hour tonight focusing mainly on building the economy. A large and enthusastic crowd filled the building eager to hear from president bill clinton. However, for most in
Continue over us through midmorning for temperatures that are down below freezing in many areas this morning. Which is 2030 degrees colder than this point yesterday morning. Kind of big change winds are very light and we have mainly clear skies. The perfect conditions for cold temps. And we stay cool. Highs will climb into the 50s today with south winds only 5 to 10 mph. We stay chilly tonight but we start another warm up tomorrow. Ill have those details in a few minutes. The big story this morning the big chill. We havent had a morning this cold in months. Heartland farms spent time yesterday covering pumpkins. When the ground freezes they do too. We got big plastic tarps to spread over them so the heat of the pumpkins and the heat of the earth. We will get through a cold night no worries weve been through this before. Meteorologist eileen loan is tracking the chilly temps this morning. Shell have the storm track decision 2016 today, former president bill clinton is in mount vernon ca
Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Freeze warnings and frost advisories continue over us through mi freezing in many areas this morning. Which is 2030 degrees colder than this point yesterday morning. Kind of big change winds are very light and we have mainly clear skies. The perfect conditions for cold temps. And we stay cool. Highs will climb into the 50s today with south winds only 5 to 10 mph. We stay chilly tonight but we start another warm up tomorrow. Ill have those details in a few decision 2016 coverage this morning. Donald trump is denying claims that he actually did what he talked about on that access hollywood videotape. Several women are now coming forward with Sexual Assault allegations. Trump denies them all. Tracie potts is in washington with more on that plus the New York Times that happened when she sat next to donald trump on a plane. Pageant contestants. Also coming forward he turned to me and embraced shock