Today he wears the partys banner. Presumptive nominee. After winning indiana, donald trump will be the republican nominee for president. American politics has just entered a whole new world. Just like the one aladdin and jasmine sang about, exceptexcept they cant come cause theyre muslim. [laughter] how did donald trump go from being the guy who fakefired people on tv to the orangetinted terror . You know, how the [bleep] did we get here . Its the subject of our new segment, how the [bleep] we got here. [fastpaced music] 2016 was hillarys presidency to lose, and it looks likes thats exactly what shes doing. For the first time ever, donald trump takes the lead over Hillary Clinton in the National Polling average. It is close though. 43. 4 to 43. 2 . [yelling] how the [bleep] did we get here . How are you stuck with two choices . This is the same country with 17 different types of cornflakes. The republican president ial debate in las vegas, and as soon as all the candidates walked out o
The olympics Opening Ceremony just hours away. Concerns about safety and illegal doping already overshadowing the games. Is brazil ready for its big moment . Were there live on the ground with the greatest athletes in the world. If i just go out there and do my best to make you guys proud, that is the best feeling i could ever ask for. As team usa gets ready to go for the gold. And we do say good morning, america. So much excitement for the olympics and the fact that dan is here with us in times square. About even on the excitement meter. Absolutely. You see amy there in you see amy there in brazil for the Opening Ceremony just hours away. Amy has her game face on as usual. Take a look at the olympic torch this morning right near the statue in rio and it arrived in the city in style, on a surfboard, which strikes me as a little dangerous when youre carrying fire making its way to the stadium where the nearly fourhour ceremony kicks off and 6,000 performers getting ready for their big m
California there has been 100 confirmed cases spirit not have been found in Alameda County. Officials say none of the cases were contracted here in the u. S. Thrift theyre all contracts with outside of the u. S. Thriftoutside reporter anyone who can contracted can get symptoms including red eye, joint pain and rashes. The many people do not have symptoms at all. If you have been traveling any of these countries and have the symptoms please contact your doctor as soon as possible hit. Vicki thank you charles for that report. Steve president obama. Blasting vacation, before approving his requests for funding to fight the zika virus. The president says the situation is getting critical here in the united states. Our Public Health experts do not expect to see see the kind of widespread outbreaks of zika here that we have seen in brazil or puerto rico. The mosquitoes that are most likely to carry zika are limited to certain regions of our country. But cannot be complacent because we do expe
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening from copacabana beach, one of the many competition sites for the games starting tomorrow here in rio. Of course in this half of the world, it is midwinter. Even though we are just an hour ahead of u. S. Eastern time, the sun has been down here time. Think february in the states without the cold. Well have more on the upcoming competition here later. But we want to start with a brand new snapshot of the race for president. A new nbc news wall street journal poll shows that Hillary Clinton has opened up a ninepoint lead over donald trump. 47 to 38 . Thats up from a fivepoint lead just before the republican convention. And comes as the Trump Campaign struggles again to regain its focus after a blurring wife. Nbcs katy tur has details. Reporter tonight after his toughest week yet, donald trump is trying to turn the page. Training on president obama over a 400 million set
Medical center. We dont have any information beyond that. Reporter now, Health Officials are declining to say where the baby was born for several reasons. First, they want to protect the privacy of the mother and her family. And second, they do not believe that there is any chance that zika virus will be spread locally. Reporter thats because the virus is primarily spread through contact with infected mosquitoes, a type of mosquito that we do not have here in the bay area. Reporter across california there have been 114 confirmed cases of zika virus, 21 of those cases were pregnant women, and 9 were here in Alameda County but Health Officials believe that all of the people contracted the disease because they travelled to places outside of the u. S. Where the virus is endemic. This afternoon i spoke with the Alameda County Public Health department, they are advising people to use caution if they plan to travel to countries with known zika virus either pregnant women should be advised not