Scholar with autism all the way to oxnard. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news world Head Quarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Its looking more and more like obamacare as we know it is on life support tonight as a republican majority in Congress Took the first steps towards pulling the plug and making good on its promise to repeal a signature achievement of the obama administration. 20 million americans are covered by the law known as the Affordable Care act but it became apparent that republicans dont have a plan to replace their coverage. Democrats mindful of that big hurdle huddled with president obama to talk about saving the law. Hallie jackson is on on capitol hill. Reporter good evening. Intending to help them pitch the coverage and whether it should live or die, the battle that could stretch years now beginning in earnest. A rare simultaneous showdown just a few minutes and a few hundred feet separating president obam
Spotted the violin case. Curious, she went over, opened it up. Saw the guns. Brought it back to fletchers and called police. Look at video of what happened. As you can imagine, the Police Rushed to this scene. They found the guns in that violence case. They asked where she found it, they went to that spot and found more guns. They were long guns, pistols and there was ammunition. The police are not telling us if they could tell how long they were there. They will trice them to see if they can link them to anybody or any particular crime. At this point it remains a mystery. It was a traffic nightmare. At least that woman did the right thing. This woman saw something and chose to sa s the citizens help us keep everyone safe. Brad she brought up the inauguration upcoming and concerned to find a pile of washington. They have no idea who put them there or why they were there but the good news, canal open is once again open. Brad bell, abc7 news. Michelle more breaking news in the district.
President elect donald trump will hold his first News Conference nine days before he takes office he made that announcement on twitter yesterday. He originally skej ald News Conference for last month but postponed. Meanwhile trump is taking another swipe at the intelligence community. He wrote quote the intelligence briefing on socalled russian hacking was delayed until friday. Perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange. End quote. They say the briefing was always scheduled for friday and called trumps tweet disturbing anded averse aerial. Well have a look at what you can expect during trumps inauguration week. It appears the future first daughter will be living down the street from the obamas. Her new home is get lauth of attention. Washington find properties confirmed that trump and her husband Derrick Kushner d. C. s neighborhood around the corner from where the obama family is expected to live after leaving the white house. Theyll have more after news 4 today. All right
To the nbc family and joins us from our sister station in philadelphia. Yes, philadelphia. I was in philadelphia for five years with nbc station there. Before that i was in tampa, im very happy to be here. I love the area. Its been so much fun in the mornings up until this point so now debut on camera it has been a lot of fun. This is a great morning crew, even through the afternoon. I was here last week with doug. Lets get to the weather. We had clouds locked in all morning and fog around this morning. Its lifted so were not seeing bad visibility. The visibility isnt bad at all. Heres a live view outside. The fog has lifted and clouds are still low. Driving conditions are fine across the area. As far as temperatures are concerned, not too bad either, 49 degrees in the district. By noon well be around 51. The clouds are still going to be staying locked in and by 4 00 p. M. , its going to get breezy, 49 degrees and the winds will be increasing and 41. It will be colder overnight tonight
In at the office of senator Jeff Sessions, we will speak with naacp president Cornell William brooks, whose called on sessions to withdraw from consideration for attorney general because of. Is positions lawe thoughtfully wrote the broke the law so we might have someone who will enforce all of the laws as our chief Law Enforcement officer of the United States. Amy and we will speak with naacp chief brooks about the sentencing of dylan roof, who said in Court Wednesday i am not sorry. I have not shed a tear for the innocent people i killed. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Republicans in the newly sworn in 115th congress moved swiftly on wednesday to repeal the Affordable Care act, president obamas signature heath care law. By a vote of 51 to 48, the Senate Approved a procedural measure clearing a way for a budget resolution that could repeal major sections of the law. The charge was led by Vice Preside