What were they thinking . The patriots winning their 4th super bowl 2824. Tom braid zee nabbing his 3rd mvp award. It has been a lot of journeys. I have been here 15 years and we have had a lot of tough losses in this came, came down to the end and we made the play. The wild finish capping off a turbulent year. The nfl is happy to be done with. Katie perry promised a wild super bowl half time show but did she deliver . The pop star flying high on a shooting star during heeren digs of fireworks. You can see the explosives lighting up the night sky around the stadium. She wrote road a huge lion while singing her hit song war. Special guest lenny kravitz, misty elliot also joined perry during her performance. The patriots may have won the super bowl but advertisers triesd to win over america with their ads. We will start with budweiser. Sticking with the winning formula of puppies and clydesdales. And going retro recreating the famous brady bunch episode when marsha gets hit in the nose w
Today to halfstaff in honor of three firefighters who died yesterday in the battle against a wildfire in Washington State. More than 100 fires are burning uncontained across the west. The governor of washington calls it an unprecedented cataclysm. Danielle nottingham is on the fire lines. Danielle. Reporter charlie, heat and drought have combined to make this one of the worst fire seasons and here in Washington State, more than 330,000 acres have burned so far this year. All night and all day, huge flames tore across a fireweary Washington State as news spread about the three firefighters who lost their lives. This is really hard. Its not an easy thing at all. Reporter dan calvert is a baseball coach in twisp and knew one of the fallen firefighters overrun by flames. Nobodys going to be able to replace these kids. So reporter okanagan countys sheriff called it a hell storm with wind blowing in every direction. Residents of twisp and winthrop were ordered to evacuate. Lucinda mccalister
And amazon makes a big move about the future of health care. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. The capitol our backdrop. Donald trump will Tell Congress and the American People tonight how he thinks were doing as a country and by extension how he is doing as its leader. In his first state of the union speech, count on the president to take a victory lap on the economy that has continued to grow. But he also comes to this end of pennsylvania avenue tonight saddled with remarkably low Approval Ratings and a country deeply polarized. At a luncheon, he acknowledged the divide, telling us he would consider it a great achievement if we could make our country united. Hallie jackson has more. Reporter tonight, the most traditional of speeches for a president whos anything but. White house officials tell nbc news President Trump has been working on the remarks since december, scrawling notes by hand on each draft. Hell pay special attention to economic progress in the last year, even a
Separate President Trump from our economy right now. Speaking of the economy and trump so often is, the volatility over the last few weeks in the market, its got the president playing the blame game. Now pointing the finger not at the fed, but at democrats as well, of course, as his fed chair and the reason for the big october selloff. Plus, not just in the u. S. , but a world divided with news of german chancellor Angela Merkels plans to not run for election and the newly elected president of brazil. Is the world taking a hard turn to the right . Jam packed schedule for President Trump and candidates across the country with just six days to go before the midterms. According to the political reports, there 50 races out there that are considered tossups. I have a great team to break it all down. First, let me break down exactly where we are. We have a lot to cover. Out of those 50 races the majority are in the house. But a dozen are in governors races and nine more in the senate. More t