And hidden risk. When even meds and exercise wont lower that stubbornly high cholesterol. What doctors say you need to get rid of to bring it down. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Its virtually unheard of, a pope admonishing a u. S. President ial candidate, in this case donald trump over his immigration plan. And trump quickly fired back. It began when pope francis returning home from his trip to mexico took a reporters question to build a border wall. In his answer, implied that trump is not a christian. Rebuke to say the least. But true to form, trump is not turning the other nbcs katy tur has the mr. Trump, the pope made a statement about you. Reporter donald trump no thing or one too sacred for his political ire. He actually said im not a good christian or something. Its unbelievable. Reporter the last presbyterian lashing out at the head of the Catholic Church after the
Leader to question someones faith is disgraceful. Reporter the top trend right now on twitter, this feud between donald trump and the pope. The pope himself does live behind very high walls that surround the vatican. Lester. Katy tur tonight, thank you. Its getting uglier on the campaign trail in South Carolina with cruz and rubio trading accusations of dirty tricks just two days from a critical primary. Nbcs Dave Gutierrez frames the dispute for us. Reporter if a pictures worth a thousand words, today the bitter fight between ted cruz and marco rubio got expensive. Making things up, they literally made up a picture. Reporter rubio claiming the florida senator shook hands with president obama, and supported amnesty for undocumented immigrants. The Cruz Campaign firing back. Its just pointing out rubio shifting stance on immigration. The texas senator also trying to build against donald trump. In the wall street journal, and for the first time in many, many months, according to that pol
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. There are warnings tonight of a dangerous freed about to plunge a huge part of the country in its grip as the dreaded polar vortex moves south. Parts of 16 states will see temperatures below zero and windchills that make it feel a lot colder. Yes, its winter. Its february, its supposed to be cold, but as weve come to know cold snaps of this extreme can be deadly, and in this case tens of millions of people are bracing for the biggest chill so far this season. In a moment, al roker, but we begin with nbcs ron mott in boston. Reporter 65 million americans bundled up against the brutal cold as the ever present polar vortex unleashes winters harshest bite yet. The winds are like knifecutting into your friend. Reporter today the snow brought a burst of snow as far south as tennessee and the carolinas causing commuters also stranded in new york where cold weather likely
Bring it down. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Its virtually unheard of, a pope admonishing a u. S. President ial candidate, in this case [ bleep ]donald trump over his immigration plan. Pope francis returning home took the reporters question about trumps pledge to build a border wall. In his answer, implied that trump is not a christian. It was a highlevel rebuke to say the least. But true to form, trump is not turning the other cheek. Nbcs katy tur has the details. Mr. Trump, the pope made a statement about you. Reporter donald trump proving there is no thing or one too sacred for his political ire. He actually said im not a good christian or something. Reportete the last out at the church. Talking about the border wall between the u. S. And mexico. A person who only thinks about building walls wherever t ty may be, and not building bridges is not a christian, he told reporters. Just
Thinks about building walls wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not a christian, he told reporters. Just hours earlier, the pontiff was praying along the mexican side of that very border. Donald trump declared his holiness should hope its him. If and when the vatican is attacked by isis, which as everyone knows is isis ultimate trophy, i can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed that donald trump would have been president. Reporter another day, another controversy, but still no clear break in his support. I think he has to respond. The popes coming at him. Donald trump is a good christian, as is the pope. Reporter South Carolina is known for its religious voting block, but only 13 of republican primary voters in 2012 were catholic. Nationally that number jumps to 25 . Swing voters who supported the last three president s. Owl for pope francis to talk about the dignity of the president. Reporter trump even admonished the holy father for something trum