He once was dying of cancer and his family was facing serious financial problems. At this point in his life he was a man trying to take care of his family and we get to tell his story here that most people dont know about. Welcome to Saratoga Springs on the tv. Located about four hours north of new york city it has a population of about 27000. Names for the numerous springs in the area early settlers walked here to experience the therapeutic effects of the natural mineral or water. Today Saratoga Springs is a popular Tourist Destination with its spots. Revolutionary war history and. With the help of our spectrum Cable Partners for the next 90 minutes will learn about the citys history and feature its local Literary Community including Andrew Mckenna on his battle with opioid addiction. Growing up i thought the person who is addicted to heroin lived under a bridge somewhere and was pushing a shopping cart around or Something Like that you know, that is not the case. One of the most abus
We are on location for the next couple of weeks at the ces, the Consumer Electronics show. Its one of the largest trade shows in america, and were going to show you some of the interviews we did with tech leaders, and were going to show you some of the latest technology. This is the communicators on cspan. [background sounds] gary shapiro, this years ces. What are some of the buzz products . Well, ces 2018 is pretty big. And the products, you know, this is a lot of focus on Artificial Intelligence in many different ways. So we have the smart speakers which is alexa, google home and now, obviously, googles huge here. Were talking about bringing products into the home and into the car. Were also talking about Artificial Intelligence in another way, we have a big focus on smart cities for the first time. We have the secretary of transportation here talking about it and a lot of groups focusing on it. Thats business to government, business to those that are investing and making our lives a
[background sounds] [background sounds] gary shapiro, what are some of the buzz products . Guest ces 2010 is pretty big, and the products, theres a lot of focus on Artificial Intelligence in many different ways. We have smart speakers which theres alights and google home, obviously google is future but we talking about other products in the home and into the car. We also talked about Artificial Intelligence in another way, and that is smart cities. With a big focus on smart cities for the first time. We had the secretary of transportation here talking about it at a lot of different groups focusing on it. Thats not about the consumer. This is a sense of business to government, business to those investing and making our lives in cities better because twothirds of the population will live in cities soon compared to onethird in 1960. Of the big things is we continue the Movement Towards self driving cars. We know were getting there. Theres more and more companies involved. Theres more and
Heres lester holt. And theres a live picture of the white house of the capitol, actually, of course. Ands theres the white house. In a short time, president elect trump and president obama will begin their trip to the u. S. Capitol where mr. Trump will be sworn in around noon eastern time. It will be the start of a new era in washington and this country, what many see as a clean break from the last eight years under president obama. I am joined for our coverage by chuck todd, our political director and moderator of meet the press by tom brokaw who has covered the comings and goings of president s since Lyndon Johnson and by nicole wallace, nbc political news analyst. Tom, let me start with you. We have seen in many, many campaigns where, you know, harsh words were said. But to see the relationship that weve seen between president obama and president elect trump in the last several ek well, i think that president obama wanted to go out on a high note. Hes got very good Approval Ratings
Nightly news begins right now. Zpliefrmts in a from nbc news world head kwaurts in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. With 13 days until election day, it was down to Business Today for donald trump in a way that you might not expect for a candidate behind in the polls and running out of time. Trump making a detour from a campaign trail and critical battleground states to his Hotel Business in washington d. C. A questionable investment of time with two new tracking polls showing clinton with a nine point lead over trump nationally, illustraing the urgent challenge before him. Nbcs katie is in North Carolina with more on trumps competing priorities. Katie, good evening. Reporter hi there, lester. Donald trump is about to take the stage here in kinston, North Carolina. This after, as you said, another unconventional day on the photo op. Now critics again saying that he uses his attention from his president ial campaign to advertise for his brand. This is wh