trying to get more there and balance. some people are probably worried about that. you know we get attacked and copied at the same time by the same people. basically it is fear that we are doing something they are not doing. and they try to pretend that we are doing something political that they are not doing. but that is nonsense. we have been around eight years. we are not retracting stories. we do not have a former attorney general looking into is to try and determine how we screwed it up. we are just doing the news every day. when did you know that you had made it on top? besides ratings, when did you get a sense that things were working? i do not know exactly when i knew it was working. but the first time we really beat cnn for an evening and went down an announcement in the newsroom, the staff was standing there cheering. and i said you know these people have a lot of spirit! and they want to win. and they re going to win. that probably gave me a good feeling about
beloved tv dad, ni nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, there s late word from yahoo tonight of a massive and stunning security breach. the company revealing that hackers may have stolen the personal information from more than a billion yahoo users. the hack apparently occurred over three years ago, but is just now being made public. what s more, the eye-popping breach is apparently separate from the major attack announced by the company just a few months ago. nbc s miguel almaguer has late details. in what is one of the largest hacks in u.s. history, today yahoo confirms data from more than one billion user accounts was stolen in 2013. private names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, even encrypted security questions and answers have been exposed. the scale of this attack is something that we ve never seen before but we re going to keep se
ayman mohyeldin is on assignment. vladimir putin is heading to japan where he will hold a press conference with the country s minister. we get reporting that putin was personally involved in his country s covert campaign to interfere in the u.s. presidential election. this morning, we also learned new details about what officials believe motivated the blot. senior investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden has the report. nbc news is report that vladimir putin was personally involved in the russian attempt to disrupt the u.s. election. two senior intelligence officials with direct access to all the information tell nbc news, the new intelligence is derived from diplomatic sources and others, including spies working for america s allies. specifically, a high level intelligence official tells nbc news, putin s role was directing the use of the hacked material. putin s objectives were multifaceted. what began as a vendetta against hillary clinton morphed into showing corru
early today begins right now. good morning, i m frances rivera. russian president vladimir putin is headed to japan, where he will hold a press conference with the prime minister. we have a reporting that putin was personally involved in its country s alleged covert campaign to interfere in the u.s. presidential election. we have learned new details of what officials believe motivated the plot. cynthia mcfadden has the report. reporter: nbc news can report vladimir putin was personally involved in the russian attempt to disrupt the u.s. election. two senior intelligence officials with direct access to all the information tell nbc news, the new intelligence is dereserved from diplomatic sources and others, including spice working for america s allies. specifically arc high level intelligence official tells nbc news, putin s role was hacking the material. his objectives were multi-facetted. what began as a vendetta against hillary clinton was to split off key american allie
will be bright and sunny. it will be windy and cold throughout the day. wind chills in the morning is brutal. it s going to be 10 at joint base andrews and it won t change much throughout the day. there will be sunshine and a little improvement on friday. not because the air warms up but the wind chill will diminish. there is a wind chill advisory in effect late tonight along the blue ridge and points west in the mountains. a two-day deal tomorrow and friday. we will pull out on saturday. when i join you here in 15 minutes we will talk about a wintry mix possibly on friday before it warms up. michelle? michelle: thank you. a big question for some parents and students will school buses start on a sub freezing morning. it has been a problem in the past. q mccray is in arlington with how schools are making sure everyone gets to the destination on time tomorrow. q, what is the plan? q: yeah, well, listen the students on time, michelle, they have to start early here. at the arling