Triggering an unprecedented recall by the Worlds Largest smart phone maker. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, im Thomas Roberts in for lester tonight. We begin with states of emergency and the havoc of hermine. After slamming florida as a category 1 hurricane, the deadly system now downgraded to a Tropical Storm could potentru the Labor Day Weekend plans of 30 million americans, with Tropical Storm watches and warnings in place along the eastern seaboard from georgia to connecticut, heavy rain, flash floods, dangerous winds, rip currents all expected to pose serious threats in the coming days. States under emergency order tonight include virginia, North Carolina, georgia and florida. And in the panhandle where hermine made landfall, residents are cleaning up from in the storm zone. Reporter in the florida panhandle, destruction and heart ache in the wake of hermine. The dock is under water as well. Reporter where the eyewall with 80mileperhour winds crossed through st. Marks at 1 30 a. M. The weather channels Reynolds Wolf there in the worst of it. Unbelievable, look at this stuff. Whoa. Reporter the storm surge of more than 9 feet coupled with more than 22 inches of rain, left homes and streets flooded. A little bit of a loss, but were good. Reporter the first hurricane in more than a decade to make landfall in florida hammered the states west coast, from tampa bay to tallahassee. Whoa, were going to lose something. Reporter more than a quarter million homes in florida lost power, at least one man killed when a tree limb fell on him. Theres trees down, power lines are down, the most important thing is dont drive in standing water, dont touch a power reporter Tropical Storm hermine moving northeast at 20 miles an hour. Hitting georgia where dangerous winds damaged the roof of this middle school, and slamming the carolinas where tornado warnings have already been issued. We havent had any flooding in the house, but the winds kind of scary. Reporter millions now changing their Holiday Plans with Tropical Storm warnings and watches in effect as far north as connecticut. Most airlines have issued change fee wavers for affected airports. This afternoon, a pretty start to what could turn into an ugly Labor Day Weekend. Its too rough for me. Too rough for me. Just here to grab a last beach day. Reporter dangerous rip currents already keeping many out of the water. This weather were seeing here in North Carolina, why some communities along the Atlantic Coast have already announced beach closures this weekend. Thomas . Our Kerry Sanders reporting from wilmington, North Carolina. And our al roker is with us once again is going next. What have you got . We have been talking about this things for 16 days now. We have Tropical Storm warnings and watches, 900 miles stretching from georgia all the way into new york right now. And we have tornado watches from the carolinas and were going to watch this as the system pushes further to the east. Its currently located 30 miles west northwest of charleston, North Carolina, 50mileperhour winds, itvi northeast at 20mileperhour. It comes out into the ocean by sunday afternoon, it starts to intensify to 70mileperhour winds, and look at this, monday it remains 75mileperhour wind strength, thats hurricane strength. We have got storm surges from North Carolina all the way up into connecticut and new england. Rainfall amounts that will equal anywhere from 10 to 15 inches less here in the northeast, but were going to be talking about this for a long time to come with beach erosion. Busy week, busy weekend to come. Appreciate it. We turn now to a major announcement that could impact millions of american households. The fda banning more than a dozen common ingredients in antibacterial soap, saying theres no evidence that they actually stop the spread of germs. In fact as nbcs tom costello reports, they may pose even Bigger Health risks. Reporter affecting by todays fda ban, 2,100 products on the 40 of the soap and body washes on the market. Because its so hyped an marketed, people think this is what you have to do. Reporter the concern, 19 chemical ingredients found in antibacterial products. Theres little evidence or no evidence in some cases that adding these chemicals to plain soap and water does any better in preventing infection through spread of germs. Reporter surprising news at the hand. I thought it was better than the alternative and it would make their hands cleaner and prevent germs and therefore i bought it. Reporter but researchers now believe antibacterial soaps could actually pose a risk. The fda is most concerned about those which contain chemicals that could spark drug resistant bacteria. Estrogen and testosterone levels. These drugs can be endocrine disrupters. Which means they can mess with the hormones in your body and possibly cause thyroid problems. Reporter the American Cleaning institute insists antibacterial soaps are safe and washing your hands with an antiseptic soap can reduce infection better than washing hands with non antibacterial soap and water. The chemicals in question. Back at the blank home tonight. At the end of the day, youre just trying to keep your kids clean and healthy. Reporter its back to basics, soap and water. The fda is not suggesting throw out your antibacterials, just dont buy any more. The rule of thumb say hygienists about washing your hands, 20 seconds with soap and water, thats enough time, they say, to hum happy birthday twice, and were not talking about hand sanitizers, were only talking about antibacterial soaps. The fbi took an unusual step today releasing its notes from Hillary Clintons lengthy recent interview with agents about how she handled her emails while secretary of state. The release is certain to fuel the controversy that has hounded clinton for a year and a half. We get more this evening from andrea mitchell. Reporter Hillary Clintons 3 1 2 hour fbi interview exactly one month ago, about a subject she seems to the fbi notes reveal that are things she actually didnt know about classified information, didnt recall being trained on how to handle it, relied on staff to use their judgment when emailing her, telling the fbi she didnt know the letter c on an email meant confidential, the lowest level of classification. Speculating it was referring to the order of paragraph. Donald trump pouncing. Thats a lie, unless shes not an intelligent person. Shes put you and me and everybody else in danger. Reporter the fbi has said her emails had classified information, but she said she doesnt recall receiving any emails that shouldnt be on an unclassified system, including information about future drone strikes. Clinton says she does not remember being briefed on preserving her emails when she left office, but she had just suffered a concussion. The fbi was sharply critical. Careless in her handling of highly classified information. Reporter when you cant find any evidence of intent to do wrong, theres no way to go forward with the case. Reporter the fbi says she acknowledges that her using a private email server was a mistake. Andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. As for donald trump, he was in philadelphia today reaching out to a group he desperately needs, africanamerican voters who give him very little support, it was a highly orchestrated event. It was on the heels of several controversial comments that trump surrogates made regarding minorities. Halle jackson has the details. Reporter in the city of brotherly love, donald trump finding some, surrounded by africanamerican supporters. Afterwards, attendees, peppered by protesters. It was not a photo op, it was a good, reaction expected in detroit tomorrow with trumps First Campaign visit to a black church. Carefully choreographed with pre submitted questions from the pastor, the New York Times publishing a leaked memo of trumps scripted comments targeted to an africanamerican audience. Were going to make things so good, were going to help with crime and improve the schools. Reporter some detroit voters saying thats problematic. We have always said we need some savior to come help us. Reporter it may be intended for another audience. It may be to prove is able to relate better than he has to the africanamerican community. Reporter as he tries to win over more minorities, including hispanics, trumps getting help from supporters like marco gutierrez, defending trumps immigration plan, but bizarrely my culture is a very dominant culture, its imposing and its causing problems. If you dont do something about it, corner. Reporter our recent nbc polling shows 14 support from latinos, about half of what mitt romney received in 2012, and with africanamericans, trump has just 1 of support. Halle jackson in new york. The Worlds Largest smart phone maker has announced a massive recall on millions of its top rated phones for a potentially very dangerous flaw. Samsung says the explode and catch fire. Its already happened dozens of times. Reporter burning and melting. Samsung issuing an unprecedented recall of millions of new galaxy note 7 smart phones. I wanted to post this and share what happened to my note 7. Reporter in this youtube video, Ariel Gonzalez says his twoweek old phone went up in flames while i was charges. Everyone rocking the new note 7, it might catch fire, t was char. Everyone rocking the new note 7, it might catch fire, yall. Burned or exploded soon after charging. 2. 5 million have been sold worldwide. The problem, the lithium ion battery. The company saying we conducted a thorough investigation and found a battery cell issue, samsung immediately halting sales in ten countries. The explosions are the latest in a string of lithium ion battery dangers. The recall is a major set back for samsung. The tech world has called the samsung note galaxy 7 one of the best phones out starting to turn around after declining sales and the smart phone giants sales starting to turn around after two years. If it takes a while for those phones to come back on the market, people might just buy a different phone. And thats going to have an affect, especially with apple coming online with its own phone next month. Reporter if you have a galaxy 7, samsung says it will work with wireless carriers to replace them in the coming but the only way to avoid this problem is to stop using this phone. Tonight, the new outrage after a judges orders the Early Release of a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of Sexual Assault after many thought the original sentence was already too light. Also, he did it again, refusing to stand for the National Anthem. And it turns out, hes not the only nfl player making this there is new public outrage after a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of Sexual Assault was freed from jail. Brock turner was freed after only serving three months of a sixmonth sentence that drew wide criticism when the judge first imposed it. We get the very latest this evening. Reporter with a hard push of the jailhouse door, former stanford swimmer brock turner was met by a crush of camer in jail for Sexual Assault. Nbc news was given exclusive access to evidence in turners case file, pictures show him with a torn shirt, hours after he was tackled by students who saw him on top of another student unconscious on stanford campus. A calm turner responding to questions from a detective, saying my intentions were not to was just trying to hook up with a girl. When pressing turner about the victim, the detective asked, if you saw her again, would you recognize her . Turner responds, probably not. Turner faced up to 14 years in prison for felony Sexual Assault, but the judge sentenced turner to only six months in jail, which in california o today protesters took to the jailhouse steps outraged over what they call a lenient sentence, the crowd calling for the judge to be removed from the bench. His defenders saying judges should not be influenced by public opinion. Not only is justice supposed to be blind, its supposed to be meted out independently. Reporter in front of the county jail, an excon, just out of lockup, offered this perspective. I stole a purse from a shop in the mall, and i got more time than he did. Reporter turner returns to his home will serve out three years of probation, his name is already on the sex offender registry for a crime that many people think is not punishment enough. Gadi schwartz, nbc news, san jose. Were back with more about danger at the school bus, terrifying accidents caught on camera we are back now with a pair of scary accidents caught on camera involving school kids in austin, texas. Now in one incident, a truck himi the other, a teen was hit while crossing the street. Both victims had just gotten off of their busses. Now neither victim was seriously injured, both drivers were cited and Police Released the videos as a back to School Warning for drivers out there to pay attention. Now to the controversy growing around San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in his final preseason protest over Racial Injustice and police brutality. It provoked boos from the crowd. But as Miguel Almaguer reports, some other blares are now following his lead. . And the rockets red glare . . Reporter as the National Anthem filled the stadium, Colin Kaepernick took a knee and got an earful. But this time he was joined by teammate eric reid. While in oakland, seahawks cornerback, jeremy lane, also refused to stand. Kaepernick says hes protesting Racial Injustice and police brutality. We have a lot of issues in this country that we need to deal with. We have a lot of people that are oppressed. Reporter in san diego, kaepernicks protests came on salute to the military night, a stadium filled with veterans and their families. Opinion, i think kaepernick is a fool. Because we live in america, you should have respect. Kaepernick who has worn socks depicting pigs as police, says he supports the military, that his protest is aimed at rogue cops. After green beret and snapper, nate boyer, wrote an open letter to the army times, kaepernick and boyer were side by side in the game. The right to stand or to sit, as much as people may hate that, that is what that flag is supposed to kaepernick says hell donate a Million Dollars to organizations working for racial equality. The president ial Debate Commission announced today the moderators for a series of debates leading up to the november election and our own lester holt is going to moderate the first debate between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. That is on september 26th. Cnns anderson cooper, and Chris Wallace of fox. The sole Vice President ial debate will be moderated by Elaine Quijano of cbs. When we come back, the sweetest story of the day, how one man is making a difference with kindness, combined with ice cream. Nbc nightly news is brought to you by weather tech, the ultimate made vehicle finally tonight, as we head into this last unofficial weekend of summer, we meet a man whos been making a big difference in the lives of kids in buffalo, new york. As rehema ellis discovered, while it begins with a cool treat, its really about kindness and appreciation. Reporter on a hot day, this is the sound of a cool treat. This one. Thank you. Reporter James Karagiannis is an ice cream man, pedalling around buffalo, charging just a dollar for anything you want. And for kids in neighborhoods where theres not much pocket change to spare, james gives the ice cream away for free. Whats up guys . I really remember not having a dollar sometimes, its not a good feeling. Can i get the watermelon bomb pop . Yes. Reporter but its not exactly a Good Business plan. You needed some help . We had a problem and we had to find a working out of his garage, james went online to raise donations. In just one month, he collected more than 34,000. We have had good evening. Our big story on 12 news at 6, student and parents in gilbert protesting the resignation of a popular principal, and no one seems to know why shes leaving. A walkout at Williamsville High School ahead of a board meeting. Reporter the meeting is actually about to start in a minute. People have been arriving for the last hour or so. This started with a walkout this morning to try and save a prescriptions pals job. Favorite principal. Hundreds of williamsfield principal tried to convince them not to let the principal quit. We want our principal back. She makes the school what it is. My favorite principal has the choifs being fired or resigning. Reporter but no one seems to know what is happening. Dr. Teri watawa is set to resign my favorite principal is being fired or resigning. Reporter but no one seems to know what is happening. Hundreds signed an online petition demanding that watawa say stay on the job. We love and adore her. Reporter the students went back to class without punishment and on their own. Well let you in. Nobody is in trouble. Its really getting our voice out there. We enjoy making sure everybody
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