Star to a producer, tonight we remember the legendary gene wilder. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, im Savannah Guthrie in for lester tonight. It has happened tonight. Former congressman Anthony Wiener newspapers, caught in yet another tawdry sexting scandal. But this time with his toddler son dragged into it. It appears to be the last straw for his wife huma abedin. Who announced today she has left him. Its an announcement that had immediate reverberations in the political world because abedin is one of clintons top advisors and donald trump was quick to seize on the news to attack clintons judgment. Our story tonight from nbcs andrea mitchell. Reporter huma abedin in the hamptons as Hillary Clinton clintons longest serving aid, closest advisor now after a third sexting scandal by her husband, Anthony Wiener. Abedin acknowledging, after long and painful consideration, and work on my marriage, i have made the decision to separate from my husband. Anthony and i remain devoted to doing what is best for our son who is the light of but the New York Post claims wiener was sending an inappropriate picture of himself to a woman while their young son was in his bed. Wiener told the post he and the woman have been friends for some time and says their communications were always appropriate. Clinton has said if she had another daughter, it would be huma. I mean huma is like family not just to Hillary Clinton, but to the whole campaign, shes like the glue. Theirs was an interfaith marriages, she a traditional congressman. Clinton officiaing the wedding. Then the sexting scandal that drove him out of congress in 2011 s two years later, he reentered politics running for mayor of new york. I know i have let a lot of people down, but i have also learned some tough lessons. Reporter even inviting a filmmaker to document the comeback. But then another sexting scandal, their reactions caught by the filmmaker. We decided to move forward with our lives. That was a problem and thats behind us, and as we said, other things would come out. Reporter still she stood by him. What i want t reporter he told savannah he has recovered. You told me you no longer engage in that kind of behavior. Yes, i did tell you that . Is that correct . Yes, it is correct. Reporter last month he visited the dnc. Friends now claim theyre already living separate lives. Donald trump issuing a Statement Today that huma is making a very wise decision, i know Anthony Wiener and she without him. Trump goes on to suggest with no evidence that wiener could have accessed classified information from his wife. He doesnt mention that he contributed to wieners campaigns. Still the Clinton Campaign reeling tonight as that latest scandal where the personal becomes political. Savannah . Meantime another controversy exploding around donald trump tonight as he plans a major speech on immigration later this week. Now an africanamerican pastor in charge of wooing minority voters for the ca is being accused of waging a firestorm on social media. Hallie jackson has detail which some viewers may find offense sieve. Reporter tonight, another controversial tweet, not from donald trump but a top supporter, pastor mark tweeting that cartoon of Hillary Clinton in black face. The pastor leading trumps efforts to reach out to africanamerican voters. We put a black face on the democrat party, designed to not raise up america to the highest level that there can be. Reporter another trump surrogate echoing part of that message. The image is not appropriate, but the message is that pastor burns and a lot of other africanamerican around the country are sick and tired of being talked down to. Reporter its an argument dismissed by the Clinton Campaign as trump makes a push for minority voters including hispanics as he gets set to deliver a major immigration speech in arizona. Trump will hit clinton for unprecedented policies on amnesty on wednesday, and it will be a unity rally. According to another republican source. Though there may be no display of it. Home state senator john mccain, not committed to attending yet, a day before his primary. Avoiding a question from nbcs kelley odonnell. Is it harmful to the party to have kind of a muddled message from the top of the ticket when it comes im john mccain. Reporter one of the biggest questions about trumps immigration policy has been whether hes now letting up on that Deportation Force hes been talking about for months. A top campaign aid tells nbc news that trumps referring to the immigrations and Customs Authority that already exists but thats news, savannah and a link trump himself hasnt explicitly made clear. Trump tower tonight, thank you. Moments of chaos and fear last night at Los Angeles International airport. A false alarm that had passengers running on to the tarmac and for the exits, a scare that then led to hours of delays and inconvenience. Miguel almaguer with the story tonight. Reporter the sprint to the exits nearly became a stampede, thousands of passengers at l. A. X. , racing into the streets, even rushing the tarmac after reports of shots fired. The panic and fear across the nations second busiest airport. Just before 9 00 p. M. , a loud noise mistaken for gun fire inside terminal 8. Then terminals 4 and 7, more 911 calls, with guns drawn, police swept the airport. Report of shots fired. Reporter traveling on vacation, lester was at l. A. X. Reporting live on facebook as the drama people started flooding out, security people were saying shots fired when we saw two police cars coming down the taxi way at a very, very high rate of speed. Reporter in an unrelated incident, just before the reported gun fire, officers took a man dressed as zoro into custody, fearing his plastic sword was real. All the commotion shut down l. A. X. For more than an hour, gridlock on the road, over 300 flights would be delayed, diverted or cancelled. Im literally trying to sleep on these uncomfortable chairs. Reporter the incident, the second scare in just two weeks. Officers at jfk stormed a terminal there after false reports of gun fire. We dont want people to hesitate, we want them to call us if they believe there is something suspicious. Reporter tonight at l. A. X. , business as usual. But only after a scene many here will never forget. Airport police say they are still investigating what that loud bang was that was heard by so many people late yesterday. Savannah . Miguel almaguer at the airport, thank you. Tonight, florida is bracing for impact as a tropical threat we have been telling you about closes in. There are concerns about a flooding nightmare and meteorologist dylan right now. We have hurricane gaston which is a category 2 storm thats moved out to sea, so we want to focus on tropical depression 8 and 9. 9 as already dropped more than a foot of rain on parts of cuba. It should become a Tropical Storm sometime tomorrow and take this turn towards florida by the end of the week. That could produce tornadoes and flooding rain, we also have tropical depression 8 off the coast of north carolina, it should also become a Tropical Storm at some point tomorrow, producing rip currents and perhaps flooding rain across the carolinas as well where up to five inches of rain is possible. But in south florida, there could be up to ten inches of rain which could lead to flooding by the end of the week. After days of ever growing outrageous, the drug company that manufactures the epipen made a surprise announcement today. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Says it will now offer a generic version of that drug at half the price, apparently caving to the public pressure. But at 300, critics say the generic epipen is still too costly. For a drug that can mean the difference between life and death. Tom costello with our announcement follows weeks of backlash and outrageous over price hikes for a drug used most often to save childrens lives. Over 10 years the epipen has gone from 100 to 600. Today mylan pharmaceutical says the generic two back will cost half that, 300. But consumer advocates say its too little, too late. Mylan should cut down to the 2007 level of 100. Reporter in fact mylans new generic version will still be more than a typical generic by a competitor. Meg terrell says that mylan is just changing the label. It is an identical product, and theyre calling it an authorized generic. Mylan still has the whole market of the generic and the whole reporter last week the ceo told cnbc the company has spent millions of dollars on product development. You need the right amount of epinephrine injected in seconds. And thats what our auto injector does. Safely and it needs to work every time. Reporter but the drug itself epinephrine has been around for 100 years and costs only 3. Analysts say the plastic auto injector is also cheap. Epipen has earned the company more than a billion dollars a year. In may, a statement i think youll see opportunities for us concern among consumer advocates that parents may stick with the more expensive brand name they know. Lost late word tonight that the fbi is warning state Election Officials to enhance security on their election systems. Pete williams is on the story tonight from washington. Pete, what can you reporter this comes after an attempt to hack into two election systems this summer. So the fbi has issued an advisory urging the state to look at different signs that could indicate similar cyber attacks. In july, hackers got successfully into the Computer System that illinois uses for online vote registration, copping some files that apparently didnt change anything and they apparently tried and failed to do the same thing in arizona. Officials say the russians seem to so far no sign that any of those have been compromised, but the fbi says states should be on guard to protect against computer attacks that could jeopardize the integrity of their elections. Savannah . Pete williams in our washington newsroom. Thank you. Chicago where august is now the most violent month there in 20 years. The city has seen 84 homicides this month alone. Among the 11 people shot and killed this week, the cousin of nba star dwyane wade. As nbcs Kevin Tibbles tells us what suspects in that case. Reporter the s killing to stop. What is it doing to us . Reporter Diane Aldridge lost her daughter friday, 32yearold Nykea Aldridge caught in the cross fire while pushing her newborn in a stroller. She was the cousin of nba superstar dwyane wade who took to social media. Four kids lost their mom for no reason. Unreal, enough is enough. Two brothers who police say are convicted felons out on parole were today charged with their murder. Chicago has seen a dramatic strike in killings, 459, compared to 308 this time last year. How tired are you of hear the phrase, enough is enough . Police superintendent wants the courts to come down harder on gun crimes. You spend more time in jail for retail theft than you do for a gun offense. Shoplifting . Yes, shop lifting, a guy stealing a pack of hot dogs because hes hungry. Reporter donald trump weighed in today, tweeting, africanamericans will vote for trump because he knows i will stop the slaughter going on. If he has a magic potion that can solve the violent crimes, i say share it with us. She says shes already for given the killers and prays for all those touched by the violence. Reporter Kevin Tibbles, nbc news, chicago. Quarterback gets blitzed with criticism after refusing to stand for the National Anthem before a game. And also he made generations of movie goers laugh, were going to have a look back at the life and career of the iconic were back now with the controversy swirling around an nfl star who took a stand by refusing to stand for the gnarl anthem. He was protesting Racial Injustice in america, but critics have pounced. Colin kaepernick also has plenty of people jumping to his defense tonight. Reporter San Francisco 49er to his playbook, standing, he says, on his principle. Im going to continue to sit, im going to continue to stand with the people who are oppressed. To me this is something that has to change. Reporter this after he decided not to stand for the National Anthem at a preseason game sparking national outrage. All the players i spoke to inside the locker room at levy stadium say they support him. I cant say i agree to sitting down during the National Anthem. But thats his right. Obviously something needs to be done. Cap stood up and he spoke out on it and i respect him for that. Reporter the team making a statement, saying we recognize the right of an individual to choose to participate or not in the standing for the National Anthem. Field in support of the ferguson protesters. They were not fined. Kaepernicks 11. 9 salary is not guaranteed. But there could be some repercussions they could face. Fans could say were not going to go to games or support the franchise if you have him on your team. Reporter back in the locker room, there is one main focus. We all have to come together and work for the main goal and thats to win Football Games and thats why were here. Were back in a few with something dog owners have long suspected and now its the u. S. Has hit a controversial goal set by the white house one month ahead of schedule. The number of refugees in the u. S. From the war in syria has now the Obama Administration who said the president would like to increase that number by thousands more in 2017. Last year more than half the nations governors, most of them republicans objected to Syrian Refugees resettling in their states. Two United Airlines pilots are out on bail tonight after they were arrested on suspicion of Drinking Alcohol scotland to new jersey on friday. They were arraigned in a court outside glasgow today. They were removed from the flight that at 134 passengers on board, which took off nearly 10 hours late. Dog owners, we may now have the answer to an age old mystery. According to a new study, dogs really do understand what were saying to them. Researchers found that dogs comprehend words and tones using brain regions similar to those we humans use. The team used an mri to measure the dogs brain activity as they listened to their trainers talk. When we come back, saying good bye to one of the alltime comedy screen. Finally tonight, we remember one of the most legendary comedic talents of all time. Gene wilder has died his family says he passed away peacefully at the age of 83. Now reunited with his late wife gilda radner. Nbcs harry smith with a look back. . There is no life i know to compare with your imagination . Reporter gene wilder was an unlikely leading man, gentle, sweet, hilarious. Youve got to remember that these arent just simple farmers, the you know . Reporter and through a span of several decades, he starred in big and small and brought to the screen performances that were unforgettable. Its alive its alive wilder was magic in those roles. He was equally magic with Richard Pryor in a series of buddy movies including silver streak. And while it was a failure at the box office, the role wilder was most identified and beloved for was willy wonka. We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams. Reporter after his third wife gilda radner lost her with cancer, wilder was a pillar of the Cancer Support group gildas club. Wilder who knew he wanted to be an actor from childhood, tired of hollywood and once said, i like the show, but i dont like the business. Dont forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always ever after. Harry smith, nbc news, new york. And how we loved him. Good evening, our big story on 12 news at 6 00, is your personal information at risk right now because of your voting history . The fbi says hacker tried to compromise millions of voter which include names, addresses, and other personal information. Brahm resnik, is there fear Election Results were altered here . State officials tell me Election Results are not effected, an entirely different system and your voting information is safe. But if hackers got their hands on those records, they could do a lot of damage. A suspected russian hacker, almost getting his hands on your voter information. Living in, so frightening. Reporter secretary of state, michelle reagan, said alarms went off last july when the user name and password of a county elections employee were circulated online, that employee had access to the state voter data base. Appeared if someone tried to hack into a computer through one of the county computers. Reporter the cyberbreakin so alarming the fbi issued alert country. We wanted to make sure Voter Registration file was secure. Reporter private information 4 million volter could have voters could have been exposed. It was taken offline for 10 days and inspected by state officials and the fbi. Everyone who looked at the voter file was certain enough to be able to put it back online, it hadnt been tampered with. Reporter Cyber Security expert, adam, said hackers could