Military. It comes after vance accused the 24year national Guard Veteran of Stolen Valor for saying he carried weapons in war. Also tonight, tropical Storm Ernesto gaining strength. In the atlantic. Its taking aim at puerto rico. Were tracking it. The urgent manhunt in north carolina. The convicted murderer escaping while being transported to the hospital. The Middle East on edge. Iran rejecting a call from u. S. And others not to retaliate against israel after the killings of hamas and hezbollah leaders. The raid on a smalltown Kansas Newspaper that raises major first amendment questions. Now the former Police Chief chasing a charge. The big shakeup at starbucks. The ceo ousted after little more than a year, replaced by the ceo of another wellknown chain. And more than six months after it was stolen by thieves, a community coming together to restore a legend to his rightful place at the baseball diamond. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. De
Party. The candidates on watson state, special coverage this our from throughout the week. Ah, well for most go thanks for joining us on the international on daniel hawkins. Weve util. Sunrise, welcome to the program. First turning to congress where you a secretary of state and 3 blinking has been testifying and also with harshly grilled for the rust pull out from im going to stall a lawmakers certainly didnt Minister Word for the countrys top diploma. President noted, states is somewhat disadvantaged here in someones common shop. He cant even speak without someone in the white house, censoring it or, or signing off on it. I dont know how its possible if in fact the people in charge of our foreign policy did not see all of these factors and conclude that there was a very real possibility of a rep, very rapid collapse. And weve got the wrong people making Military And Diplomacy decisions in our government. The Washington Post called it a moral disaster. I think its a moral disgrace. You
Going into it. So now lets talk about this recent event that were just now kind of finding out about. Chinese analysts say this could be seen as counter measures against the us military provocations that theyve been doing on China Doorstep supposedly all. And this name of fairness, so does the u, the u. S. Has actually south China Sea is international waters, china objects to that . So how far are both sides willing to continue to push in order to have their way . Well, that is the question, right . I mean this is, this is a big deal. Well, weve seen that happen in the south trying to see what their strong, arming their way into a thing with lars. Everything is ours and saying, well weve got freedom navigation, were going to push back. Were gonna let you know that were here. Weve got our presence. Its been a big deal and then you see what happened just at the end of this past month in august. And it, does it bring things to a new level . Obviously, no one wants international conflicts
Polls on friday for the general election. All the parties to become that its whats at stake in our special coverage this hour. And throughout the week, ah, why from oscar . Thanks for joining us tonight on our team tonight shuttle. Im Daniel Hawkins with utah. Sunrise. Welcome to the program. First testifying to congress, you a secretary of states and to blinking has been harshly grilled for the rush to pull out from up kind of stuff like he didnt mean that was with the countrys top diplomat. President states is somewhat disadvantaged here in someones calling the shots. He cant even speak without someone in the white house, censoring it or, or signing off on it. I dont know how its possible if in fact the people in charge of our foreign policy did not see all these factors and conclude that there was a very real possibility of a rep, very rapid collapse. And weve got the wrong people making Military And Diplomacy decisions in our government. The Washington Post called it a moral disast
Elected officials actively working to undermine the fight against covid19. What more is there to wait for . What more do you need to see . We have been patient, but our patience is wearing thin. And a refusal has cost all of us. Rachel but, wait, this is the same administration that promised us last spring that they would never crush the freedoms of millions of americans. Let me be very clear on this. I know there has been lots of questions. The government is not now nor will would he be supporting a system that requires americans to carry credential. There will be no federal Vaccination Database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential. Rachel and The First Domino Of Freedom has fallen for federal employees and contractors. I will sign an Executive Order that will now require all executive branch federal elmly. Emily employees to be vaccinated. All. I have signed another Executive Order that will require federal contractors to do the same. If