Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening. There was more violence in charlottesville today. Fallout from the clash between White Nationalists and counter protesters yesterdayers dueling rally turned deadly when a car plowed into a group of those who oppose the altright. 32yearold Heather Heyer was killed by that speeding car. Hes now charged with Second Degree murder. When the organizer of the unite the right rally tried to speak to the press today there was violence again. Our tom costello is on the ground and joins us live. Reporter were at the epicenter here behind me. Behind me is that robert e. Lee stat statue. Theyre now launching civil rights investigations into that womans death, most of the White Supremacists seem to have left town today but there was that violent alteration when their leader tried to hold a press conference. Police snipers were on the roof today as unite the right protester leader Jason Kess
Mccain continues. And historic flooding leading to dramatic new rescues. All that plus what was she thinking . Why the wife of treasury secretary is now apologizing. Espn under fire for pulling this announcer from the game. You wouldnt believe the reason. And are you feeling lucky . Powerball hits a staggering 700 million with the drawing just hours away. Today wednesday, august 23rd, 2017. This is today with matt lau lauer. As he was speak, protests were raging in the streets outside of that arena. We have both sides of this story covered starting with Kristen Welker. Get us started. Good morning. Matt, good morning to you. President trump waking up here in arizona after delivering a 77 fiery, divisive speech overnight. He took aim after many of his detractors, a complete reversal after he called for the country to come together just one day earlier. As protesters lined the streets outside the Phoenix Convention center, inside a very fired up President Trump waging his own battle, aba
Mccain enters its fifth day. Target texas. The remnants of Tropical Storm harvey, posing a threat to the gulf coast. Farther north, flooding leading to dramatic new rescues. Plus, what was she thinking. Why the wife of the treasury secretary is apologizing. And espn apologizing for pulling this announcer from a game. Are you feeling lucky . Powerball hits 700 million, with the crdrawing just hours away. Today, wednesday, august 23rd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this wednesday morning. As always, thank you for joining us. Our top story, the president s raucous Campaign Rally overnight. He started with a call for unity. Then, he quickly tore into his detractors. As he was speaking, protesters were on the streets outside of that arena. Kristen welker, get us started. Good morning. Reporter hi, matt. Good morning to yu. President trump is weeks up here in ariz
That message to avoid any miscalculation on their part. I want to go to bill neely in seoul just south of the border. Can you walk us through what youre seeing and hearing on the ground and military activities and sort of the mood over there. Yeah, good morning, hallie. Certainly no military activity beyond the normal u. S. Forces here. Nearly 30,000 troops are always at a high state of readiness. No military activity but plenty of activity here. This city of seoul has every reason to be the most nervous capital in the world at the moment. 25 Million People in the metro seoul area. They would be the First Casualty of any war. And, remember, they face the possibility of conventional war for a very long time. 10,000 artillery tubes are pointed at this city from north korea. But there is a new reality. Not just that u. S. Intelligence assessment that puts them in the nuclear crosshairs, if you like. They now know there is a Nuclear Neighbor to the north. But also President Trumps rhetoric
President Trump Holding a raucous rally in North Carolina where he battered democrats that embrace socialism and other far left policies. The big moment everybody is talking about is the crowds reaction to trumps attacking four socialist Congress Women known as the squad. Tonight i have a suggestion for the hatefilled extremists trying to tear our country down. They never have anything good to say. If they dont like it, let them leave. Obviously and importantly omar has a history of launching vicious antisemitic screams. [chanting]. The crowds chant igniting a liberal media firestorm. President trump responding to all the criticism a little earlier. I was not happy when i heard that chant. Will you stop them if they do it again . I didnt like they did it. I started speaking quickly. I could have stood back [inaudible] there was a tremendous amount of noise and action and everything else. I started quickly. You know that. [inaudible] maybe youre giving me too much credit. One of the thi