Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. What we witnessed in washington today was nothing short of a public shaming of two highpowered officials as they were held accountable for the systematic failures that have virtually poisoned the water for thousands in flinlt, michigan. Michigans governor and the head of the epa were called on to resign as they appeared before a Congressional Committee today to answer for the crisis. It made for some uncomfortable moments. In fact, rarely has the hot seat been hotter. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk shows us. Reporter with the children of flint still unable to drink the water so you solemnly swear reporter blame on the hill today. If you want to do the courageous thing, then you too should resign. People who put dollars over the fundamental safety of the people do not belong in government, and you need to resign too, governor snyder. Reporter the republican governor from mich
A fabulous smile. It is joanne nosuchunsky. Most people have a 10gallon hat and his goes to 11. His british parents are disappointed they didnt grow up to be a chimney sweep. And wow, fast work, andy. He is third in line to replace captain america. Welcome the Lieutenant Commander america, tvs andy levy. Lets start the show. There are many reasons to support donald trump. His Straight Talk and no nonsense attitude and world famous stake. Fellow norwood mass native says it best. On cnn on thursday, chris cuomo says if mr. Trump is qualified to make the decisions faced by a president , take it away ernie. I think i can make the decisions. Who is more qualified . It is 2 00 in the morning and there are a few girls at the bar. You have to go home with one of them. You have to pick who youre with. I think mr. Trump is the best qualified. We are beer goggles and trump is the girl. Im sure chris cuomo agrees with the perfect analogy. Your analogy for what makes you the right guy when you get
A fabulous smile. It is joanne nosuchunsky. Most people have a 10gallon hat and his goes to 11. His british parents are disappointed they didnt grow up to be a chimney sweep. And wow, fast work, andy. He is third in line to replace captain america. Welcome the Lieutenant Commander america, tvs andy levy. Lets start the show. There are many reasons to support donald trump. His Straight Talk and no nonsense attitude and world famous stake. Fellow norwood mass native says it best. On cnn on thursday, chris cuomo says if mr. Trump is qualified to make the decisions faced by a president , take it away ernie. I think i can make the decisions. Who is more qualified . It is 2 00 in the morning and there are a few girls at the bar. You have to go home with one of them. You have to pick who youre with. I think mr. Trump is the best qualified. We are beer goggles and trump is the girl. Im sure chris cuomo agrees with the perfect analogy. Your analogy for what makes you the right guy when you get
Different from what we saw from donald trump and Hillary Clinton. Bill we have a pictureperfect ocean blue sky here in virginia. Its a battleground state. Barack obama won it in 1964. Its a battleground, its a tossup, and it will be the center and focus for this debate tonight. Well see how we do. You have arguably two conventional politicians in a year where donald trump has been anything but. Prime time, 9 00 eastern time. There will be tens of millions ready to watch this later in prime time, martha. Martha tonight, governor pence, senator cane, they take a moment to reintroduce themselves to vote horse dont know who they are. A third of voters say they dont have an opinion on these guys. Mike pence says hes ready to hit the ground and hes running hard. Watch this. Im looking forward to it, i cant wait. Hillary clintons record on Foreign Affairs alone could take up the whole 90 minutes, and it wouldnt be a pretty picture. Martha well speak to Donald Trumps son eric. Lets go live to
With lester holt. Good evening and thank you for being here. We start with a dramatic white house announcement and pledge for action in the face of a catastrophe literally killing communities and destroying families across the country. No longer a slowmotion disaster, cheap, powerful, and plentiful opioids are taking more than 90 lives a day. Imagine that. And today the administration elevated the fight. The president declaring it a Public Health emergency. As americans we can not allow this to continue. It is time to liberate our communities from the scourge of drug addiction. Never been this way. We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. We can do it. [ applause ] more federal help comes as welcome news to cities and towns struggling under the weight of the burden. Even now, worries that todays declaration may fall short. Our chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson has details. I learned myself. I had a brother, fred. Great guy. Reporter the president getting per