Now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. There is a fresh indication as we start tonight that Hillary Clintons support among voters is eroding in the face of the scrutiny over emails she exchanged on a private server when she was secretary of state. While mrs. Clinton remains the undisputed frontrunner for the democratic nomination, new polling confirms a falloff both in the democratic race and in a matchup with gop frontrunner donald trump. And it appears to be forcing some changes in her campaign. Our political director chuck todd takes a closer look. Reporter on her first day of vacation in the Hamptons Hillary clinton is trying to take a few days off and celebrate president clintons 69th birthday. But yet another poll today indicates that persistent questions about her handling of emails as secretary of state are taking a political toll. Shes now under 50 in a democratic primary. And that erosion of suppor
Still has to testify before congress in october and the fbi is still determining whether there is a criminal probe to be had or not. So it will be a long fall. Lets talk more about it, chuck. Thanks. Donald trump says the controversy over Hillary Clintons emails looks like water dwt on steroids. But the question a lot of people are asking is could she or anyone Face Criminal Charges . We asked our justice correspondent Pete Williams to take a closer look. Reporter its an issue that wont go away with a federal inquiry and members of Congress Demanding answers. Whats the fbi investigating . Federal agents are looking at whether classified information was compromised. They got that assignment after intelligence officials said some emails publicly released from her private server contain classified information like this one sent to her in november of 2012 about possible arrests in benghazi redacted in part before it was released. Or this one sent by her close aide houma abedin on deteriora