Transcripts For WCAU NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt 20161005

Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news, with lester holt. Good evening, were tracking matthew. The massive hurricane on the verge of strengthening as it bears down on the bahamas on its way to a possible punishing landfall in central florida. The storm has already taken at least 25 lives on its march through the caribbean. This infrared satellite image of matthew is generated a lot of attention today. Appearing to many as a skull to others as an animal. Right now computer models show the hurricane walking a narrow tightrope as it reaches the florida coast friday morning, possibly as a category 4 storm. With palm beach among the places preparing for the worst. Al roke certificate watching it all for us. Whats the latest guidance . We see nothing thats going to lessen the storm right now. Category 3, 205 miles southsoutheast of nassau. 125mileperhour winds. As you said, by friday morning its a category 4 between melbourne and miami. And continues its trek hugging the coast. Savannah in the cone of uncertainty friday afternoon. As we move into saturday evening weve got it off the North Carolina coast. Monday, it starts to possibly get into a loop. Well be talking about this into next week. Here are the effects, possibly 135mileperhour winds for the bahamas, 15 inches of rainfall. By the time we get into friday morning, orlando even sees heavy rain. 130mileperhour winds off the coast. As we move into friday afternoon northern florida has up to seven inches of rain. Saturday, we look for more heavy rain along the carolinas. 105mileperhour winds. And weve got a stretch of ten inches of rain from melbourne, all the way to charleston, lester and its not done yet. So were going to be watching this into next week. All right. Al, thanks. With the forecast so in flux, officials from florida to the carolinas are taking no chances. Evacuations are under way while other residents are stocking up on supplies. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has more. Tonight the ominous sign of whats to come out at sea. Its a little scary. While on land, this is the scramble to beat the storm. On freeways, ferries, and flights. Entire communities heeding the call to leave. Jason mayfield and family evacuating coastal florida today. Our concern isnt so much the storm as it is going to be the aftereffects of the storm, is there going to be power . Is there going to be a house . 12 million could feel the wrath of Hurricane Matthew. Florida could be facing its biggest evacuation ever. If matthew directly impacts florida, there will be massive destruction that we havent seen in years. With florida, georgia and the carolinas in a state of emergency, swift water rescue teams are at the ready. The National Guard activated to keep order. But theres been a run on supplies and patience. Lines are long, groceries are gone, fuel on empty. No more gasser in around here this morning. In South Carolina, where the governor asks more than a Million People to move 100 miles inland, a massive caravan of school buses moving those without wheels this morning. A monster on the move, Hurricane Matthew could lash the east coast with 100mileperhour winds. And a deadly sevenfoot storm surge. The president watching the eye of the storm with fema. If you get an evacuation order, just remember you can always rebuild. You can always repair property. You cannot restore life. Tonight this region is bracing and racing to escape. The westbound traffic is bumper to bumper. Matthew is closing in, and time is running out. And coastal communities like this now mostly deserted, businesses and homes have been boarded up. Evacuations could be next. Meantime in southern florida, planes, trains and cruise ships have temporarily suspended service. While its unclear the impact of matthew, what is clear, everyone is bracing for something big. Left centre. Miguel almaguer, thanks. We only need to look at whats already been suffered in the caribbean to understand how dangerous matthew is. In haiti, the death toll is rising sharply while a large part of the country remains cut off after a key bridge was washed away. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is there. Stranded, but determined. One by one, they fight a raging river. This woman almost swept away, rescued just in time. This bridge about two hours east of portauprince was a crucial lifeline. Its collapse choking off access to the southwestern part of haiti. The end of the road is right here this is where the bridge washed away and now the rush is on to repair it. And get that side the help it so desperately needs. Today new images of Hurricane Matthews wrath after it slammed into the impoverished country. Roads flooded, homes leveled. Supply lines ravaged. The mayor says in his town alone 14 people were killed. Haitis official death toll expected to rise dramatically. Were very kerped people will be dying because they cant get to us. This man told us it was worse than the 2010 earthquake because nows had halftime is cut off. For him and so many others the road may have ended, but the path to recovery is just beginning, Gabe Gutierrez, nbc news, haiti. There is developing news tonight concerning the nations top cyberspying agency. The National Security agency, the nsa, has another embarrassing theft case on its hands. A contractor is accused of stealing topsecret documents while after the Edward Snowden case exposed security weaknesses there. We get late details from our justice correspondent pete williams. Federal agents say when they searched this suburban baltimore, maryland house, they found a huge stash of highly classified documents, taken from the supersecret National Security agency nearby. And today, prosecutors reveal they arrested the homeowne 51yearold Harold Thomas martin iii, a contractor who worked for the nsa with a topsecret clearance. Hes charged with stealing paper documents and downloading realms of classified material on to portable digital media. He worked to the same Government Contractor that employed Edward Snowden, who made off with millions of pages of classified material. Snowden left the nsa in mid 2013. The fbi says it found documents in martins house created in 2014. Well after the nsa said it was working to prevent thefts like snowedens. The nsa holds the crown jewels the cyber domain for the u. S. Government. Its where cyber and National Security meet if we cant secure that data, were in trouble. Investigators say they discovered the theft in mid august when a group called shadow brokers offered the u. S. Government secrets in return for money. Hacking into computerers used by hostile foreign governments. Officials say they dont know how damaging the theft was, because they dont know what martin did with the material and whether any of it handed up in the hands of such cyberadversaries such as china, russia, or north korea. Martins lawyers say theres no evidence he betrayed his country, which they say he served honorably in the u. S. Navy. A new scare involving Samsungs Galaxy note 7, which as weve been reporting is under recall after roughly 100 reports of smartphones catching fire. Today, firefighters in louisville had to respond to a Southwest Airlines plane, after another galaxy note 7 caught fire. And the twist here is, the owner says this one was a replacement phone. He just gotten from samsung. The faa is investigating and we get details tonight from nbcs tom costello. It was 9 15 a. M. When the southwest pilot still at the gate called for help. Weve got smoke in the cabin. Can you send the emergency equipment over here . The photo shows the remains of a charred galaxy note 7 in the plane. Passenger brine green said it started as he turned off the phone for the flight. I placed the phone in my pocket. Within a few seconds i heard a pop similar to like a ziploc bag popping open. I looked around to see what was going on and i had smoke billowing out of my clothes and pocket. Green says his pocket was even signinged. He threw the phone on the floor. It smelled horrible and i smell like it even my daughter smells like it. The carpet was burned through, the flight canceled. Roughly a million galaxy note 7s in the u. S. Were recalled last month after a series of fires. But brian green says his phone was replace. Galaxy note 7 he got two weeks ago after turning in his recalled phone. It had a green battery indicator which was supposed to say it was a replaced or known good phone. On the samsung website the serial number indicates the phone should be good. Samsung says its not confirmed that the phone was a new note 7, but is working with the Fire Department to recover the phone and determine the cause. Weve seen from the incidents, the risk of fire, of smoke, of other damage is hire and were concerned about it. I know the company is concerned about it. The faa is concerned about it. We want answers. Tonight amid concerns that samsungs problems are growing, the faa is reminding passengers to keep the galaxy note 7 turned off. Tom costello, nbc news, washington. The race for president now. Plenty of fingerpointing, interrupting and sniping, but no real gamechanging moment coming out of last nights debate. Both clinton and trump praising mayor running mates performance as they prepare for another showdown. Nbcs Halle Jackson has details. Tonight its not just mike pence trying to take a victory lap. His running mate is, too. In true trump style. Mike pence did an incredible job. And im getting a lot of credit. Pence winning praise for seeming steady, keeping his cool, but in a surprising split with his running mate, sounding tougher than trump on policy toward russia and president Vladimir Putin. The small and bullying leader. Trumps praised putin before and today still seemed open to a relationship. I dont love, i dont hate. Well see how it works. Pence sometimes insisting he and trump never said what they actually said. Governor pence said inarguably, Vladimir Putin is a better leader than president barack obama. That is absolutely inaccurate. But this was his line last month. Vladimir putin has been a stronger leader in his country than barack obama has been in this country. Pence seeming surprised, trump would be accused of insults. Did you all just hear that . Ours is an insultdriven campaign . Yet trump has insulted others repeatedly. Hes a basket case. Hes not a war hero. Tim kaine on attack, overstepping on trumps tax plans. Youre going to raise taxes for the middle class . But the Nonpartisan Tax Foundation said the middle clas would get a tax cut and while kaine got a thumbs down for interrupting. Senator, thats nonsense. Gentlemen, please. He got a thumbs up from Hillary Clinton congratulating him today. After distilling the democratic argument against pence into a single sentence. He is asking everybody to vote for somebody he cannot defend. Vice president ial debate was both sides playing to the voters they already have. Which campaign is going to be able to reach out and move voters to grow their appeal . Sunday with the real candidates there, is going to be the high wire act to try to do that. And for that, a source close to the Trump Campaign tells nbc news Chris Christie is taking on an expanded role in prep. Clinton not campaigning to get ready, but al gore will be on the trail for her soon. Left centre. Halle jackson, thank you. Want to share with you the story of a very moving tribute to a young superhero fan in South Carolina today. The family of a 6yearold boy who died after a School Shooting last week asked mourners to don superhero costumes for his funeral. Over 1,000 people came from far and wide from gotham city from metropolis to say goodbye. Nbcs rehema ellis has the story. Today, 6yearold jacob halls small blue casket was surrounded by 1500 mourners, dressed like the superheroes jacob loved. One batman imagining what jacob would say. I want to coordinate the biggest hopefilled super hero bash this planet has ever seen. Dressed as batmans sidekick robin, today jacobs mother rene said she asked people to celebrate him in costume. I knew they were going to be jacobs classmates. Friends from all over the place. I didnt want them to be sad. Jacob was a happy child, as he headed off to his first day of school just two months ago. Im going to be in first grade. Good job. And your teachers name . Good job. A 14yearold has been charged with jacobs murder on the playground at his South Carolina elementary school. Hes also been charged with the murder of his own father, jeffrey osborne. Today, the congregation was reminded that jacob looked for the good in everyone. I know what jacob would say to me. Hed say momma, forgive that boy, and love him like jesus loves him, cause jesus loves him. Proof that jacob was a superhero at heart. Rehema ellis, nbc news. And celebrated by heroes. Still ahead tonight, sticker shock. Why you and millions of americans may get hit with a surprise hike for Prescription Drug costs, how you can fight back. Also the danger that experts warn has reached crisis levels warn has reached crisis levels this year on i am totally blind. I lost my sight in afghanistan. If youre totally blind, you may also be struggling with non24. Calling 8448442424. Or visit my24info. Com. And you needed a tow. Did your 22page insurance policy say, great news. Youre covered . No. It said, blah blah blah blah. 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But one teen has found a way to make sure no student has to eat alone again. Our joe friar explains. Where you sit in the cafeteria is crucial. It might be a movie. But mean girls captures the reallife struggles of the school lunch room. Something Natalie Hampton knows far too well. I sat alone pretty much every single day. It was an awful feeling that might me feel like an outcast. Natalie fell into a deep depression, eventually switching schools, her parents felt powerless. You can control things maybe in your own lives and in your own house, maybe. But you cant control what peers do to peers. You can see all the lunches. Now natalies turning the cafeteria tables. She created an app called sit with us. Its kind of like evite, but its lunch. Students can use the app to schedule lunch at a table where they know theyll be welcomed. Have any of you guys ever felt lonely sitting at lunch before . Yes, definitely. These are a few of the teens who are hosting these lunches. I notice people when they sit down at the table. Theres some sort of sigh of relief. Its part of a growing nationwide movement with programs like no one eats alone day. Bull aying and isolation aret an alltime high. Bullying drops by 30 when peers get involved in such campaigns. You can measure the impact with this viral photo it shows a College Football player visiting a middle school and sitting with an autistic boy who was sitting alone. Natalie hopes her app is one way to make sure the lunch table is just as welcoming as the family dinner table. Joe friar, nbc news, laung. That will do it for us on this wednesday night. For all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. Her total disappearing act. Is kim ditching public life after her night of terror in paris . Now on extra. Kim kardashian in hiding, scared into seclusion. The new report shes rethinking the life that made her famous. Kanye reemerging today. Why kims body guard is drowning in debt and filing for bankruptcy. And the new clue just discovered in paris that can help catch the thieves. Plus what Hillary Clinton just told me about kims big scare. Ive got a preview of all new interview. Angelina and the kids in therapy. How theyre coping with the traumati