America. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. After a lengthy and very public casting call through the lobby of trump tower, the president elect ended the suspense today over one of the most coveted jobs in his administration. Donald trump picking an oil company ceo to be his secretary of state. With no government experience, Rex Tillerson, the exxon mobil boss, is being praised as a seasoned International Deal maker in business, and it is those business connections, specifically his ties to russia, that are raising the most serious concerns about him tonight. And putting trump at odds with members of his own party. Nbcs Kristen Welker starts us off with the latest. Reporter tonight, president elect donald trump, likely setting up his first confirmation fight with members of his own party, officially tapping Rex Tillerson to be his secretary of state. Touting what he calls tillersons deep u
Trail, and inspiring america. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. After a lengthy and very public casting call through the lobby of trump tower, the president elect ended the suspense today over one of the most coveted jobs in his administration. An oil company ceo to be his secretary of state. With no government experience, Rex Tillerson, the exxon mobil boss, is being praised as a seasoned International Deal maker in business, and it is those business connections, specifically his ties to russia, that are raising the most serious concerns about him tonight. And putting trump at odds with members of his own party. Nbcs Kristen Welker starts us off with the latest. Reporter tonight, president elect donald trump, likely setting up his first own party, officially tapping Rex Tillerson to be his secretary of state. Touting what he calls tillersons deep understanding of geopolitics. The pick o
Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. After a lengthy and very public casting call through the lobby of trump tower, the president elect ended the suspense today over one of the most coveted jobs in his administration. Donald trump picking an oil company ceo to be his secretary of state. With no government experience, Rex Tillerson, the exxon mobil boss, is being praised as a seasoned International Deal maker in business, and it is those business connections, specifically his ties to russia, that are raising the most serious concerns about him tonight. And putting trump at odds with members of his own party. Nbcs Kristen Welker starts us off with the latest. Reporter tonight, president elect donald trump, likely setting up his first confirmation fight with members of his own party, officially tapping Rex Tillerson to be his secretar touting what he calls tillersons deep understanding of geop
Right there within the eyewall, but still a dangerous amount of rain as well as storm surge expected there for today. Flooding rains anywhere from nine to 12 inches expected and that storm surged about nine feet. That could take that water well inland. Well continue to track this for you. Well continue to track this for you. Well have coverage. Ill be tracking it within the next hit. In the meanwhile, locally here at home, we also have a warm upcoming our way along the coast, mostly sunny skies. 70s there. A lot of 80s around the bay. A lot of warmer locations in the 90s. Temperatures will peak. When i come back, a look at the numbers expected today and the cooling trend that will follow coming up. Lets go on to politics. More on the hurricane coming up in a moment. Donald trump on damage control. And making sexually charged comments about women back in 05. Now, trump did apologize but that did not stop the backlash with some republicans calling for trump to drop out of the race. And P
Pelley were heading into the final and longest weekend of the campaign, one hour longer as Daylight Saving time ends. It is a race against the clock now for Hillary Clinton and donald trump to get every last supporter to vote. Among the 13 battleground states that will decide the election on tuesday, clinton is leading in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, and virginia. But other states vital to victory are now neck and neck. They include florida, North Carolina, and colorado. Trump has a lead in ohio. Well begin tonight with nancy cordes covering the clinton campaign. Now, do we want a president who doesnt know when to shut up . Reporter it was two against one in pittsburgh today with clinton and billionaire mark cuban both pelting trumps lack of filter. And ill tell you, some of what i heard coming from my opponent, it was really hard not reporter as they spoke, the campaigns massive, longplanned getoutthevote effort was kicking into gear across the country. It is tedious, but we do