Largest ammunition depots. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Breaking overnight, hugh hefner, the legendary founder of Playboy Magazine passed away from Natural Causes at his home. Tributes are pouring in on social media. With one playmate tweeting, sad tonight with the passing of the revolutionary hugh hefner. Larry king praised hefner as free speech and civil rights saying, he was a true original. And he was my friend. Rest well, hef. Erica edwards has more on the legacy of this american original. Reporter hugh hefner was never far from female companionship or controversy. Hugh hefner built his empire off of selling the idea that human sexuality is a commodity to be bought and sold. Reporter but by hefners own account, what he sold in his issues of Playboy Magazine was sophisticated antipuritanism. Its good for business. But also says a great deal about how unsophisticated we are in terms of sex. Reporter he and hess magazine were born in chicago. The first issue of playboy
Responders searching for missing families. Explosions at one of the largest ammunition depots. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Breaking overnight, hugh hefner, the legendary founder of Playboy Magazine passed away from Natural Causes at his home. Tributes are pouring in on social media. With one playmate tweeting, sad tonight with the passing of the revolutionary hugh hefner. Larry king praised hefner as free speech and civil rights saying, he was a true original. And he was my friend. Rest well, hef. Erica edwards has more on the legacy of this american original. Reporter hugh hefner was never far from female companionship or controversy. Hugh hefner built his empire off of selling the idea that human sexuality is a commodity to be bought and sold. Reporter but by hefners own account, what he sold in his issues of Playboy Magazine was sophisticated antipuritanism. Its good for business. But also says a great deal about how unsophisticated we are in terms of sex. Reporter h
Im frances rivera. Certainly a lot happening. Breaking overnight could a Government Shutdown have just been averted . Word from the white house this morning that the president amid swelling backlash from democrat has walked back his decision to have a budget standoff over funding for his proposed border wall deciding against a possible Government Shutdown. It is a stunning reversal on what was then candidate trumps Central Campaign promise. We will build a great wall along the southern border. And mexico will pay for the wall. Were going to build the wall. We have no choice. For more were joined by tracie potts. Whats the latest on this reversal and what led up to it . Reporter well, frances and yasmin, what led up to it the fact that democrats and some republicans on capitol hill did not want to deal with the funding for this wall this week while they were trying to prevent a Government Shutdown. As you said it was a Campaign Promise according to the Associated Press the president ful
Morning. Im yasmin vossoughian. Im frances rivera. Certainly a lot happening. Breaking overnight could a Government Shutdown have just been averted . Word from the white house this morning that the president amid swelling backlash from democrat has walked back his decision to have a budget standoff over funding for his proposed border wall deciding against a possible Government Shutdown. It is a stunning reversal on what was then candidate trumps Central Campaign promise. We will build a great wall along the southern border. And mexico will pay for the wall. Were going to build the wall. We have no choice. For more were joined by tracie potts. Whats the latest on this reversal and what led up to it . Reporter well, frances and yasmin, what led up to it the fact that democrats and some republicans on capitol hill did not want to deal with the funding for this wall this week while they were trying to prevent a Government Shutdown. As you said it was a Associated Press the president fulfi
Weekend. Nightly news begins now. Mzp from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening. In the heat of summer, forest fires are not uncommon in southern europe, but the massive fire raging in portugal tonight is being called one of the worst in decades. More than 60 lives lost, many of them trapped in their cars as they tried to flee the flames. Several european nations are offering assistance as high winds and high temperatures tonight are making it even more difficult to control the blaze burning northeast of lisbon. We begin with lucy cavanaugh. Reporter a deadly inferno like no other. The wildfires that began spreading across this mountainous region late last night spared nothing in their path. Panic and fear as residents fled the fastmoving flames. Anguish the moment this wok realized she lost everything but her life. More than 60 people killed, nearly half died as they tried to escape, trapped in their cars on a road north of li