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wrapping up last night in rhode island. the second tour ends later this month. those are some of the stories on this monday. it is may 8th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning to you, everybody. the start of the workweek. going to start this half-hour with former president barack obama, looking to defend his legacy as the republican health care bill heads to the senate. the former president chimed in overnight accepting an award in boston. he urged congress to look beyond party lines as they consider the future of health care. house leaders insist their legislation will protect people with pre-existing conditions. senate republicans say they plan to come up with a bill of their own. abc s richard cantu has more. you are a fraud. you are a phony. and your days are limited. reporter: a tough sell back home for republican lawmakers, pushing the house gop version of health care reform. you are victimizing even more those who are ill. ....
speaking out only on gma. staying alive swing and a miss and it is over. major league marathon. the cubs and yankees battling it out in a record game overnight going 18 innings, 6 hours, and nearly 600 pitches. the incredible dive into the stands and the moment it all finally ended. good morning, everyone. i hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. come on, 18 innings. that s a long game. 18 innings which took 6:05. as the night wore on, the stands started to empty out. you know you have those die-hards that say i m not leaving until it s over and powered through in 41-degree weather. i have to take my hat off to those fans. well done. all kinds of records set. we ll have more on that ahead. first, the major headlines out of washington. sally yates, deputy attorney general who was fired by president trump will testify on capitol hill this afternoon on her warnings to the white house about russia that led to the firing of former national security adviser ....
wrapping up last night in rhode island. second tour end later this month. those are some of the stories on this monday. it is may 8th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning to you, everybody. the start of the workweek. going to start this half-hour with former president barack obama, looking to defend his legacy as the republican health care bill heads to the senate. the former president chimed in overnight accepting an apart in boston. he urged congress to look beyond party lines as they consider the future of health care. house leaders insist their legislation will protect people with pre-existing conditions. senate republicans say they plan to come up with a bill of their own. abc s richard cantu has the more. awe you are a fraud. you are a phony. and your days are limited. reporter: a tough sell back home for republican lawmakers, pushing the house gop version of heal you are victimizing even more those who are ill. reporter: t ....
speaking out only on gma. staying alive swing and a miss and it is over. major league marathon. the cubs and yankees battling it out overname going 18 innings, 6 hours and nearly pitches. the incredible dive into the stands and the moment it all finally ended. good morning, everyone. i hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. come on, 18 innings. that s a long game. 18 innings which took 6 hours and 5 minutes. as the night wore on, the stands started to empty out. you know you have those die-hards that say i m not leaving until it s over and powered through in 41-degree those fans. well done. all kinds of records set. we ll have more on that ahead. first the major headlines out of washington, sally yates, deputy attorney general fired by president trump will testify on capitol hill this afternoon on her warnings to the white house about russia that led to the firing of former fat security adviser michael flynn. president trump s travel ban heading back t ....
from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we begin tonight with grim news out of the middle east. the video surfaced within the last several hours purporting to show the beheading of another japanese hostage by one of his isis captors. the victim appears to be freelance war correspondent kenji goto. he would be the second japanese citizen to be killed by isis in just a week. in recent days his fate has been tied to that of a failed suicide bomber held by authorities in jordan. jordan is where we begin tonight. our bill neely is outside the japanese embassy in amman. reporter: good evening, lester. two nations united in horror here tonight. isis has already beheaded five american british and japanese hostages. kenji goto appears to be the sixth. another journalist another father another innocence in syria s war murdered it appears in cold blood. dressed for a brutal death, kenji goto behind him a man with ....