>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, i've savannah guthrie, in for lester. mexico has played a prominent role for donald trump from fiery accusations about criminals and rapists pouring over the border to promises to build a wall and force mexico pay for it. fast forward to today when trump in a city at the invitation of that country's president, standing side by side in a photo-op moment his advisors hoped would make trump come across presidential. gone was the confrontational rhetoric, no talk of a bill for the wall. did trump make the most of an opportunity or miss one? we begin with miguel almaguer in mexico city. mexico city, donald trump's meeting with president nieto was cord dahl. >> -- cordial. >> we had a very constructive substantive exchange of ideas. >> reporter: after extending an invitation to the nominee, mexico's president seemed at times defiant, a point by point rebuttal. he said mexico deser deserved the respe ec echoed. >> spectacular hard working people. >> reporter: an about face when trump kicked off his campaign 14 month ago by vilifying mexico. >> they are not our friend, believe me, they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime and they're rapirapists. >> reporter: easing his stance on trade specifically nafta, trump also didn't talk about who pay noers wall on the border. >> we didn't discuss who paid for it. support owners the trail. >> who's going to pay for the wall? >> mexico. >> reporter: when mexican officials had taken on trump previously, he fired back. >> that wall gets 10 feet higher. >> the embattled president nieto had likened the republican nominee's rhetoric to that of a dictator like adolph hitler or muss so lin -- mu so and former president fox saying he wouldn't pay for the wall. >> i'm not going to pay for that -- wall. >> reporter: and the embassy that often provides briefing and support to candidates for on for trips, this time staying on the sidelines. trump's team didn't reach out. trump's visit to mexico a gamble. >> he didn't know what the president of mexico would say. given the position he's in, he needs to gamble here or there. is tonight up for debate. >> with donald trump hoping to appear presidential, tonight, mexico's president is under fire for even inviting the presidential candidate to this country. trump says he shares five goals with mexico, including keeping wealth in this hemisphere and dismantling the drug cart cartels. >> miguel almaguer starting us off. thank you. a big day and night for trump set to deliver his signature speech on immti people wondering where exactly he stands on some issues, even some who support him. hallie jackson is learning new details about trump's high stakes speech. >> reporter: donald trump, heading back across the border as his mexico city meeting overshadows the biggest policy speech of his campaign so far on immigration. what to expect? clarity presumably what he will do with the 11 million undocumented immigrants still to round up and deport every last living immigrant starting on day one. >> you will hear how he plans to address the 11 million. >> reporter: trump said he's not soft softening up. >> i had people say it's hardening. >> reporter: even some of his advisors argue for a more moderate stance. >> wholesale importation is a log gist call impossibility. >> reporter: he won't support in contrast to hillary clinton. he tells "abc her hard tonight and call for better enforcement and oversatisfying. >> we will build the wall. >> reporter: building the wall on the southern border has been trump's most consistent pledge. on this side of the border, his attacks on mexico and rhetoric on immigration have turned off many hispanic voters with democrats working to turn them out in november. that includes voters like maria, a years that i vote, this is the top. i feel like we are under attack by donald trump. >> donald trump needs to be worried not only about his paltry numbers with latino voters, also how his position really affects independent and moderate republicans. those are voters who are also turned off by his hard line stance on immigration. >> reporter: while trump doesn't have much support from the hispanic community, a new poll just out sh closing in on hillary clinton's lead. tonight, in phoenix, a key test, how and if he can reconcile his more diplomatic tone in mexico with the more fiery one we see from him on the campaign trail. savannah. >> hallie jackson, thank you. lots to chew on. moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. i think you agree this is a pretty high risk move, did it pay off? >> as political theater goes, trump and we will learn how it went after the speech in totality. it does matter, what is his position and what does he plan to do with the 11 or 15 million undocumented folks here. does he soften his stance and is his tone truly different how he wants to tackle immigration. that we learn tonight. i have to say the bar is extremely low for trump when it comes to staying on message and things like that. i thought he exceeded that bar and looked the thought i have what was the mexican president thinking? i think he's in more hot water tonight than anybody. >> chuck, thank you very much. with many polls sh showing a tightening race now, hillary clinton was on the trail as well today making her pitch to veterans even as she continues to grapple with sinking favorability ratings. here's nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: tonight, hillary clinton atta attacking donald trump for his drop-in visit to mexico. >> it certainly takes more than trying to insinuations by dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours. >> reporter: as trump was grabbing the spotlight south of the border, clinton trying to win over veterans at home, arguing to the american legion trump is wrong about the military. >> i completely reject any, including my opponent, who calls the american military, and i quote, a disaster. >> i like what she had to say and i think she might just have my vote in november. >> i'm a man. i just don't believe i can trust hillary. she lies too much. >> reporter: her pitch to veterans coming as clinton's favorability is dropping showing more americans view her unfavorably than ever before. among women favorability down nine points. >> madam secretary, just a few minutes. >> how are you doing, andrea? when do you think you might go to mexico, madam secretary? >> reporter: clinton week spending most of her time with big donors raking in almost $23 million in three days, jtrump's speech certainly overshadowed clinton's speech today and trying to reassure ret vans. >> a state of emergency declared in florida as a gathering storm gains speed. tropical storm hermine closes in and hurricane watches are . trouble brewing, also not one of bbut two hurricanes coming and bracing for impact. gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight, what was once tropical depression number 9 has strengthened into tropical storm hermine, slogging towards florida's gulfcoast. >> the risk we have right now is we know we will have storm search. it's anticipated to be 3 to 5 feet, however we have the risk of up surge. >> reporter: the system threatening to dump up to 15 inches of rain in parts of the sunshine state. 42 county is an state of emergency and some places travel already treacherous, a driver rescued after this car was swept off the road. nearly 11 years since florida's last hurricane. fred mets ler is already pumping water out of his gulfport restaurant at high tide. >> trying to keep it where it's not a sw swimming pool. >> reporter: hermine expected to continue to threaten the east rip currents through the holiday weekend. half a world away, hawaii is bracing for hurricane madeline. windows boarded up, fema flying supplies to the big island and hurricane lester not far behind and partnering with nasa to fly a global hawk drone the same once used for the military for spy missions now capturing these images off florida's coast. aircraft do and flies lo longer. we can stay on station over the storm a lo longer period of time. >> reporter: storm surge expected to be a major problem up florida's gulfcoast. right now, there are mandatory evacuations under way in franklin conti, the florida panhandle and several coastal communities starting to flood even before this storm makes landfall. >> thank you. al roker is here with us, a real busy time in the tropics, i see m there. >> we've been talking about this system two weeks and will be talking about it into next week. 45 miles an hour winds and stationary but you see the rain bands already pushing out. we look for landfall sometime in this florida panhandle late thursday evening and continues up the coast. look at the cone of uncertainty. this is the latest we've gotten from boston, new york, philly, providence, washington, all have to worry about this system going into watches from destin to the bay. look for hurricane watches, we have tropical storm watches in florida into georgia where we have the risk of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes from savannah all the way down to tampa. rainfall amounts, 5-10, 12 inches of rain, but 7-8 inches all the way up to the carolinas and georgia. and we've got rip currents from port st. lucie all the way to nantucket and we also have south of he low, it stays to the south and lester to the north and hopefully they get spared. >> your plate is full, definitely, al. thank you very much. history was made high in the sky today with the first commercial flight from the u.s. to cuba in more than 50 years. it's a new chapter in the thawing relations to cuba after ties were restored last year. nbc's kerry sanders take us aboard. history today. a celebrated takeoff in fort lauderdale. destination, santa clara, cuba. the last directly scheduled direct service to the island, 1961. among the 150 passengers on this inaugural flight, 16-year-old sophia compton from chicago. >> i think it's really historical. >> reporter: the flight today is really remarkable, you think back to 1962. right now, we're over the between the united states and cuba led to a u.s. naval blockade of the communist island. making the landing at 11:57 a.m. today, that much more momentous. in the coming weeks, at least eight u.s. airlines will be flying across the u.s. to various cities here displacing the expensive and complicated charter flights. >> you have to be prepared to go to cuba and know it will be the equivalent of ca family traveled to cuba today to get married. >> we'll come again, maybe once a year. >> reporter: the cuban government hopes more americans will follow. kerry sanders, nbc news. still ahead, nightmare flight. it happened yet again, a plane forced to make an emergency landing as turbulence leaves them with cuts and bruises and broken bones. >> bags, can a toothpaste do everything well? 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