[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] brian: jenny buffett has died. rachel: we are remembering the sender behind margaritaville who turned his love for sailing, surfing and beach life into a billion-dollar business empire. will: marianne rafferty joins us with more. reporter: a message was posted on jimmy buffett s social media page saying he passed away peacefully on september 1st surrounded by family, friends, music, and the dog. he lived his life like a song to his last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many. buffett was a two time grammy nominee recording 50 albums, most of them going gold, platinum or multiplatinum and is best known for his songs like it is 5:00 summer, come monday, cheeseburger in paradise, margaritabill, just to name a few. wasted away again margaritaville reporter: he turned the beach lifestyle into a billion-dollar business empire known for his chain of margaritaville restaurants, land shark beer and
the ingraham angle from washington tonight. now what is going to matter more to the country? the retirement from the presidential race of chris christie, who devoted his campaign to smashing trump and polling at 3.6% nationally or retirement from college football of nick saban who won 297 games, 10 sec championships, seven championships and had heisman trophy winners? that s all. i know which will upset me most. bowing to political reality, chris christie did drop out of the gop primary race today and turns out, it is surprising and shocking to you tonight, the gop constituency is not actually watching morning joe and it doesn t hang on every thing the new york times publishes. you would see chris christie debate teachers union and know that. for someone as sharp as he is, he totally missed the obvious, republicans are fed up with the old guard for a long time, fed up with wars, with pro-china trade policy, border, the push for more immigration and big spending. why would
now, what s going to matter more to the country in the retirement from the presidential race of chris christie who devoted his campaign to smashing trump and was polling at about 3.6% nationally or the retirement from college football of alabama coach nick saban who won 297 games, 10 sec championships, seven national championships and had four heisman trophy winners, that s all. i know which retirement is going to upset me the most. finally bowing to reality former governor chris christie did drop by the g.o.p. primary race today and it turns out and it is surprising, shocking i note to so many of you watching tonight. but the g.o.p. constituency isn t actually watching morning joe, and it doesn t hang on every word that the new york times plushes. pres pres publi. for someone as sharp as he is, he totally missed the obvious that republican voters are fed up and have been fed up with the old guard for a long time. they are fed up with their wars, they are fed up with their
stunning video deposition and what both sides said today. alex murdaugh s admission he lied about the death of his long-time housekeeper. what s next in the case and why millions of dollars are at stake. as the summer travel season kicks off, could a new rule make airlines pay you when it s their fault that flights are canceled or delayed? when you could start seeing that cash and after this winter s massive storms, the runoff unearthed a glittering prospect in the mountains. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and thank you for joining us the news that came out of texas over the weekend was almost too much to take, especially after a series of grim headlines of mass violence that have rocked the country recently we don t know what caused a driver to plow his suv into a crowd of migrants waiting at a bus stop in brownsville on sunday, killing eight, but tonight he has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter the suspect describe
A recent lull in attempts to illegally cross the U.S. southern border could have more to do with beefed up enforcement efforts by Mexico in recent months.