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. In this half of the world, it is midwinter. Even though we are just an hour ahead of u. S. Eastern time, the sun for some time. Think february in the states without the cold. Well have much more on the upcoming competition here later. But we want to start with a 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 series of 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 settlement payment to ir
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. In this half of the world, it is midwinter. Even though we are just an hour ahead of u. S. Eastern time, the sun think february in the states without the cold. Well have much more on the upcoming competition here later. But we want to start with a 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 series of controversies. The latest one now details. Reporter tonight after his toughest week yet, donald trump is trying to turn the page. Training on president obama over a 400 million settlement payment to i
Away. I was just updated from police in the last few seconds. She was sexually assaulted, but they tell me she was not raped. Differentiating the difference between those two terms there. Investigators also tell me they are still searching for one missing ear bud, a head phone and one missing shoe they have not been able to find yet. Her funeral and wake have been scheduled. The wake is tomorrow afternoon and evening. Her funeral mass will be here in howard beach on saturday at 12 00 noon. Ida siegal, news 4 new york. Such a disturbing story. Thank you very much. Also at 4 00, another disturbing story out of new jersey, someone boobytrapping a hiking trail in a park in wayne. Screws and nails sticking out of the dirt this happening at High Mountain park. Reporter High Mountain park preserve is a huge property that spans 1,200 acres in three different towns. The university of union paterson. Police were telling us earlier today and describing them to us. Lets show you the rest of the pi
Starting line in rio. 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. 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 iconic christ the redemer statue in rio and 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 t
Vietnam war. Even now, four decades later, when they see him, you know, they know he is the reason they are alive. Thank you. Stahl and they call him papa. How many children do you actually have now, and grandchildren . I just keep using the number 105. But the grandchildren, dont ask me. I cant keep up with that. Simon the phrase the greatest show on earth usually refers to the circus, but a man named peter gelb, who runs the metropolitan opera in new york city, is doing everything he can to change that. Theres no other place where you can see such monumental staging, elaborate sets, and a cast of hundreds. But the met is, above all, about extraordinary voices, some of the best voices in the world. Tonight, were going to take you backstage at the met and show it to you in a way youve never seen it before. Kroft im steve kroft. Stahl im lesley stahl. Safer im morley safer. Simon im bob simon. Rose im charlie rose. Pelley im scott pelley. Those stories tonight on 60 minutes. The next bi