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barking dog and that appears to be what alerted the hostage s captors to what was going on. during the firefight that then followed, u.s. forpdss saw a militant go into the shack where the hostages were being held. it is believed that is when he shot both of the hostages, both of them died as a result of those injuries, as u.s. forces were transporting them away. u.s. intelligence did not know the identity of the other hostage being held with somers. he has since been identified as south african teacher pierre korkie. a char that worked with korkie says he was due to be released today. to discuss this and many of the other top stories for the week, joined by our panel, bring in democratic strategist basil smythe, jr., political consultant and former adviser to mitt romney, cater packer gauge and msnbc correspondent, casey packer hunt. obviously on this hostage story, we are learning the details, obviousiously a heartbreaking story, another report i know in the new york times this ....
on this sunday night, pure evil has another american is executed by isis terrorists, the president condemns the killing. and the top military officials say the battle against isis will take years. without warning, gas leaks from a texas chemical plant killing four workers and leaving a cloud over a major metropolitan area. kids at risk. the new warning about the popular energy drinks and what can happen if young children consume them. and call of the wild. using the latest technology to keep people and bears a safe distance apart. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. another american has been brutally murdered by isis thugs. the awful news of the beheading of aid worker peter kassig came in a graphic isis video released earlier today. we won t show you even a frame on this broadcast, but we can tell you like all of the others, it demonstrates the sheer lethalness of the group. this is over a year after he was taken prison. tonight from the president ....
just a job to provide for myself and his parents, but a career that he enjoyed and more importantly passionate about it even though he spent a lot of hours working, he was always love for his work. we spoke about the law and how he applied the law. he was objective in his determination of the law with courtesy, we areith respect and with the highest professionism. although he worked often, he always took time to spend with me his number one fan and his pamly and friends. he was always there when somebody needed something. when wenjian was not working, he cared a lot for the chinese community. he wanted to always do his best to help and support. the very community that he was part of wenjian s kind heart loved by his friend and colleagues and our extended family ha isthat is here today. the caring son, a loving husband and a loyal friend. you are an amazing man even though you left us early, but i believe that he will have his loving spirit to continue to look out for us. he wi ....
could afford to ease up a little bit, right? and they might have done that if the fund-raiser were just for them but they re not just running clinton for president and kaine for vice president. they don t want to just win the white house. they want democrats to win governorships and control of congress or to get as close as they can. they obviously want democrats to get control of the senate. for the clinton/kaine campaign, it is pedal to the metal from now till the end. 41 fund-raisers from now until november 3rd. he had five today alone. he squeezed me in between them. that s on the democratic side. on the republican side, it s nothing like that at all. mateo gold at the washington post reports tonight that the comparable fund-raiser effort on the republican side is already over. in fact, it ended last wednesday. the washington post reports tonight that donald trump did his last big dollar joint fund-raiser for his campaign in the republican national committee last wedne ....
benefiting the most are not high frequency voters. that s huge. their benefit is needed, i think. thanks for joining us tonight. that s all in for this evening. make sure to stick around because it s veep night on msnbc. rachel maddow has an exclusive interview with tim kaine and mike pence will join brian williams. that is true. almost a little weird, but thank you for the preview. it is, in fact, vice president day here on msnbc. vice president or would be vice president day. chris matthews this afternoon had an interview with our current vice president of the united states, joe biden. joe biden is now into a third day of explaining what he meant when he said he wishes he was in high school and he could take donald trump out behind the gym because he wants to get in a fight with him, basically. donald trump today responded that he, too, would kind of like to go get in a fight with joe in terms of clinton/kaine, they ve already outraised trump 2-1, the new york tim ....