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broken bones to find water. how she finally managed to signal for help. nightly news begins now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. reporting tonight thomas roberts. good evening. we begin tonight with fresh insight into the 2016 race for the white house. new iowa poll results put senator bernie sanders within seven points of a once comfortable democratic front-runner hillary clinton. donald trump s big splash in iowa seems to be paying off. he remains at the top of a crowded field. but neurosurgeon and washington outsider ben carson comes in second place. if you consider the margin of error, they re virtually tied. kristen welker has more on the surprise of nontraditional candidates. reporter: two front-runners, two very different fortunes in a poll today. wild donald trump surges, hillary clinton is struggling. today secretary clinton is out raising money as a new iowa poll catapults vermont senator bernie sanders within ....
tracy? the philadelphia police department is mourning one of their own this morning. katy zachry is live outside the 12th district where the officer worked. reporter: we know officer lamar poole worked for the philadelphia police department for nearly two decades. this morning his colleagues here at the 12 district in southwest philadelphia say he loved riding his motorcycle. that s what he was doing yesterday afternoon. he was off duty at the time of the crash. he was on devereaux street turning on to the roosevelt boulevard. accident investigators say this silver toyota turned into front of his çmotorcycle, he was thrn from the bike. fellow officers say he was not wearing a helmet. he did die from severe head trauma. back in the 12th district, community members are having a strong reaction saying these officers locally hold young events for children in the area. these people do their job, a great job. and then i think we lost a great person. i believe that we ....
taylor swift winning big, justin bieber in tears, kanye west announcing a career change. i have decided in 2020 to run for president. and miley cyrus being miley cyrus. i mean, i will do almost anything. the moments you missed today, monday, august 31, 2015. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a monday morning. we ve got willie in for matt this week. how long before we say kanye west up six points in iowa? not doing as well in new hampshire. it could happen. clearly laying the groundwork for the run in 2020 by making good with taylor swift. the taylor swift constituency important to his political career. the vmas didn t disappoint. but the weather is the stop story. soaking rains down south and extreme heat. kerry sanders is in clearwater, florida. good morning to you. reporter: good morning, savannah. we have had rain ....
turns her sights to new hampshire where she ll get a big endorsement from senator jeanne shaheen at an event rallying women. kristen welker, thank you. the motive still a mystery tonight between the execution-style shooting of a compute at a gas station in the houston suburbs. the suspect remains in custody, and the sheriff has questioned whether the victim was targeted just because of the uniform he wore. janet shamlian is at the scene outside houston for us. good evening. reporter: tom a good evening to you. with no known reason for what s been called an execution-style murder and with the suspect due in court on monday, tonight this has become a gathering for grief. the crowds have been building here all day. a community at a loss in the aftermath of a senseless murder. tonight, trying to channel its heartache. near the pump that s become a flower-filled memorial for deputy darren goforth, people dropped fives and tens into a container for his family. it topped ....
this is ignacio, a category three storm. it will stay well north of hawaii but hurricane hunters have pictures from the center of the storm. we had some of those eye wall pictures of the storm. they were incredible. that storm will weaken. here they are. this is right in the center. this is the eye where you can see the sky and the eye wall with the intense winds. incredible stuff from the hurricane hunters. this is no threat to land. if anything we ll see 20-foot-high seas in hawaii. great for surfers but no wind or heavy rain. just tropical storm-like rainshowers. in the rest of the country from the plains to the midwest, over to the east, we have a big area of high pressure, the ridge in the jet stream. temperatures 5 to 20 above average. upper 80s, low 90s. today through wednesday in the northeast through possibly the middle of next week. it s muggy already. thanks, dylan. now to the presidential race and an eye opening poll in iowa. donald trump s favorabilit ....