everglades by snakes that devour just about everything in sight. and why tens of millions are rocking as moscow meets chicago. this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz balart. good evening. it was a stunning admission and contradiction. virginia s democrati governor said today he does not believe it s him in this racist pho from the med school yearbook page with his name emblazed on top. during the press conference he admitted that he had in fact born blackface that same year, but didn t believe then it was inappropriate. while national and state leaders from across him to resign, ralph northam this afternoon begged for forgiveness and said he wouldt step down. , ff bennett is in richmo virginia, tonight with the very st. reporter: virginia governor ralph northam says it wasn t him and that raciss photo from med school yearbook. i am not either of the people in that photo. so you re saying you had no idea this racist photo existed before it surfaced less than 2u
facebook s war room as the social media giant arms themselves and you against false news and hacking, leading up to the midterm elections. early today starts right now. good morning. i m marlie hall. and i m philip mena. cold war-era mentions heating back up this morning. president trump is threatening to pull out of a landmark nuclear arms agreement negotiated decades ago with russia. now national security adviser john bolton will kick off two days of high-stakes talks in moscow this morning to try and find common ground. nbc s tracie potts joins us from washington. good morning, tracie. reporter: hi, marlie and philip. good morning. good morning, everyone. you re right, it was more than 30 years ago that presidents reagan and gorbachev signed that inf treaty that bans missiles that could travel 3,500 miles or more. in other words, from one side of the world to the other. but now, president trump says that russia has violated that deal, so he wants to pull out, a
the world series is off to a rousing start as two of the best pitchers in baseball square off. and a holiday favorite, fao schwarz is making a comeback in a big way. early today starts right now. good wednesday morning. i m phillip mena. and i m marlie hall. the numbers have been drawn, but no official word yet on whether anyone has won that record-setting $1.6 billion mega millions jackpot. the winning numbers are 28, 70, 5, 62, 65, and mega ball 5. the odds of hitting the jackpot, 1 in more than 302 million. but if a lucky winner does emerge, they ll have the option of taking a cash sum of $904 million or breaking that down into 30 yearly payments. the record-setting jackpot sent the nation into a lottery frenzy with about 280 million tickets sold since last friday s drawing. in california alone, tickets were selling at a rate of 200 per second. according to the a. mmpth. now, if no one wins this jackpot, it could grow to a mind-boggling $2 billion, and that drawi
processing another act of political violence in this country. and we still do not know an exact motive. we do not know the power of lies and how they spread in our political discourse. no further than the general sixth attack at the u.s. capitol, that threat to our democracy remains clear and present. joining me now from san francisco for the latest on that attack, nbc news scott cohn. scott, where is the investigation at this hour? and what are you learning about the attacker? reporter: yeah, alicia, this is a widespread investigation. it includes, of course, the san francisco police department and the district attorney. also, the capitol police and the fbi. and a lot of it really focusing on the alleged attacker, david depape, 42 years old, who we know has led an unusual life for certain. and it s culminated in recent months, apparently, with a lot of blog posts and social media posts that are really kind of going through a potpourri of hate, and conspiracy theories and t
live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, and lester holt, live from florida. good morning, everybody, welcome back to this special edition of today on a sunday morning. that s the scene in miami beach. i m savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. lester holt and al roker are in tampa, florida, this morning, and are also anchoring our coverage. we ll get to them in just a moment. we re sitting here with our maps of florida in front of us, all the counties, trying to figure out who s going to come into impact or have impact with this storm next. here s the latest on irma. packing quite a punch as it slammed southern florida, a dangerous category 4 storm. winds about 130 miles per hour. the eye wall hit the florida keys around 7:30 eastern time this morning. the number of power outages has been steadily going up all morning. three hours ago the total is about 200,000, but now more than 800,000 people are in the dark. by the way, the storm is massive. if you look at that