Is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. We begin here tonight with a developing story. The federal Agency Responsible for securing everything from the planes we fly on to our borders and ports is in limbo tonight and on the verge of losing its funding just hours from now. A short time ago the house of representatives voted against extending funding to the department of Homeland Security, which has been a pawn in a high stakes partisan chess game. Well get into the politics of how we got here in a moment, but first what it means to the American Public and the hard choices Homeland Security officials are facing tonight. Lets turn to senior White House Correspondent chris jansing. Hi, chris. Reporter good evening, lester. This is a stunning turn of events. Speaker john boehner didnt have enough support for the republicans own proposal. So now with a shutdown of Homeland Security just hours away, the next steps arent clear. A chaotic outcome for thousands of fede
Lowman. A judge found probable cause that he could face charges. At the end of the day he was still a 18yearold kid. New clues and fresh scene. The search extended in to vermont and lake champlain. Now causing in on murderers david sweat and richard matt. Six days since they got out. The u. S. Relationship with europe is hugely important. Hes touring europe. Thats right. The countries picked are vital. Hes telling europeans i like you because you are comfortable with having the same family in charge for centuries. Jeb bush hasnt announced he is running yet but the Washington Post said his campaign ran off course before it even began. Poland is a long ways from aai and that may leave jeb bush feeling better tonight. He has not declared he is running but testing out his look on the European Tour and on the campaign trail back home. He is trailing everyone from scott walker to ben carson in the current iowa polls. That may be why the front runner is planning a more aggressive attack. That
In the senate, republicans picked up at least seven new seats from colorado to west virginia. At this hour, the alaska race, thats the one between democratic senator mark begich and republican dan sullivan, still too close to call for nbc news. Well be watching. In louisiana, where no one got more than half of the vote, senator Mary Landrieus race advances to a runoff. Bill cassidy in a strong position to pick up another red win. The majority maker for republicans was iowa. Thats where joni ernst beat braley, becoming the first woman elected to represent them in kansas. In another purple state, colorado, the ground game that propelled democrats to an unexpected victory in 2010 could not save udall. Republican congressman gardner will be that states next senator. Inco North Carolina, republican thom tillis unseated democratic senator kay hagan. This one was a surprise. In the south, republican leader Mitch Mcconnell of kentucky defeated alison grimes. The final was a whopping 15 percent
Get back to work. Plans to release new special edition tomorrow. On its cover, yet again, another cartoon of the muslim Prophet Muhammad. This time hes holding a sign saying je suis charlie. New video shows the unfolding horror. This is the most closeup video of the attack to date. It shows the gunmen outside the Charlie Hebdo offices after the massacre changing the magazines on their automatic weapons and getting into their car. They drive away only to encounter Police Coming in the opposite direction. They make their getaway after murdering 12 people. Francois hollande led an emotional ceremony honoring the two Police Officers killed in last weeks attacks. Two jewish victims in the attack on the kosher supermarket were laid to rest. French police said the weapons used in the attack those firearms came from outside the country. Investigators are pursuing the source and possible financing. That news came after a bulgarian prosecutor announced the detention of a french citizen with a po
Mark preston, our editor broke the story moments ago. Hes here life to tell us more. Good morning. Good morning carol. John king was hearing late last night rumblings that paul was looking to drop out and run again for senate down in kentucky. We finally were able to pull it together a short time ago that in fact rand paul is going to drop out of the race. Significant here in New Hampshire because there is a large segment of the Republican Party that is libertarian. These are supporters, voters who would back his types of policies. Where will those voters go now carol . We would expect the likes of ted cruz and donald trump will try to make a play for them although trump and rand paul have not gotten a along well. It is unclear if rand paul will endorse at this time but we wait to here what he says. We just got a statement from rand pauls campaign. I just got it. Its been an incredible honer to run my campaign. Across the country thousands upon thousands of young people flokd to our me