Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin here with another one of those stories that reminds us isis is determined to inspire a terror attack on our soil. This one comes from massachusetts. A young man busted by the feds. They say he was inspired by isis and was hatching a plot to explode bombs in College Cafeterias. In this case the suspect was already on authorities radar. It turns out his father a police captain, sounded the alarm and turned him in. Our ron mott has details. Reporter federal officials in boston announced the arrest of 23yearold Alexander Ciccolo the son of Boston Police captain Robert Ciccolo ciccolo. A Police Source told nbc news captain ciccolo reported his son to the fbi after learning he was allegedly plotting an isisinspired attack. According to court documents, ciccolo goes by the name Ali Al Amriki and was arrested july 4th after receiving four guns from an undercover agent. The g
Would you like to have another try . We will accept that. John your next word is little. Liddle. Mark ok i love you folks, but i can think of places i would rather be. John tonight, politics from all directions, north, south, east, and west, as in wes anderson. Not that wes anderson, but nonetheless. First, the word is meh. Donald trump held a Big Press Conference as he reached the delegates he needed to be the nominee, and yet some mainstream republicans are not behind him, like Susanna Martinez. The chair of the republican governors association. And, it was Governor Martinez nonendorsement that led donald to say that she is not doing her job in her state. All figures siding with the governor and taking swipes at trump in the process. Is donald trump in the party . As trump is in the process of turning to unify the party, this martinez thing is a specific outburst. How big of a problem is the specific thing and how does it symbolize trumps approach to unification . Mark he also hit je
Nomination, trump told reporters in bismarck, north dakota this morning hes looking forward to taking on Hillary Clinton in the general election if she isnt indicted. I want to run against her. Look, she has bad judgment. This was all bad judgment. Probably illegal, zeal well have to find out what the fbi says about it. Shocking to see what she did. And more than anything else, its bad judgment, thats up to her whether or not she wants to continue running. Lou but the clinton email scandal is only one of her long list of problems and potential pitfalls. New polls out of california show clinton virtually deadlocked with senator Bernie Sanders with less than two weeks to go before the democrats vote in the countrys biggest state. Ill take all of that up with former president ial candidate herman cain, and among our guests here tonight, some of our favorite politicos, the Washington Times charlie hurt, Communications Strategist lee carter and the National Reviews rich lowry. A lot to talk
Were looking ahead this morning on sunday morning futures. We begin with the president ial race. Donald trump securing the republican nomination. Now theyre digging in for the fight come november. The frontrunners exchanging nasty jabs over the 2008 economic crash and bill clintons past sex scandals. A bombshell for the clinton camp. A watch dog says she knowingly broke rules by using a private email account. Shes as crooked as they come. Shes bad news. Reports came down that werent so good. Not so good, Inspector Generals report, not good. But i want to run against hillary. I just want to run against her. Alabama senator Jeff Sessions is Senior Member of the judiciary committee, Armed Services committee. Good have you on the program. Thank you, maria. Let me get your take on the Inspector General report released this week. The Clinton Campaign came out right away and said this is all politics. Other secretaries of states have use the gmail accounts. Whats your take . Its not politics.
Nomination, trump told reporters in bismarck, north dakota this morning hes looking forward to taking on Hillary Clinton in the general election if she isnt indicted. I want to run against her. Look, she has bad judgment. This was all bad judgment. Probably illegal, zeal well have to find out what the fbi says about it. Shocking to see what she did. And more than anything else, its bad judgment, thats up to her whether or not she wants to continue running. Lou but the clinton email scandal is only one of her long list of problems and potential pitfalls. New polls out of california show clinton virtually deadlocked with senator Bernie Sanders with less than two weeks to go before the democrats vote in the countrys biggest state. Ill take all of that up with former president ial candidate herman cain, and among our guests here tonight, some of our favorite politicos, the Washington Times charlie hurt, Communications Strategist lee carter and the National Reviews rich lowry. A lot to talk