was actually under no obligation to reveal the memos origin so let s quickly go back to how this all started a steel was hired back in two thousand and sixteen to find links between trump and russia but according to reports his dossier or was based on unverified allegations provided to him by the clinton campaign who was funding steele along with the d.n.c. and then the obama administration to use that dossier to secure a warrant to spy on the trump campaign now it s been revealed that the clinton campaign was not only funding steele but providing him with information. when we won the house intelligence committee has voted unanimously to release a classified democratic memo this document challenges republican claims that the f.b.i. abused its powers in the trump russia probe political talk show host brian crime trees says the democrats on just seeking ways to keep the russia collusion story going. first it was going to damage the f.b.i. terribly it was something we could neve
in the us president trump s chief strategist steve bannon has left his position at the white house. more on the last story now. donald trump s chief strategist steven bannon has left his white house post. his exit follows a review of his position by white house chief of staffjohn kelly. position by white house chief of staff john kelly. he position by white house chief of staffjohn kelly. he was seen as having shaped mr trump s election campaign. lets go straight to our north america correspondent aleem maqbool. what do we know about why and how steve bannon has left? very little at the moment except we have had it confirmed in the last ten minutes or so confirmed in the last ten minutes or so that today is steve bannon‘s last day in thejob so that today is steve bannon‘s last day in the job as chief strategist at the white house. as you say, he was widely credited with formulating the strategy that got donald trump to the white house. he came in some time into the electi
we ll look back on a career that spanned eight decades of showbusiness. in sport: an alastair cook masterclass puts england in control of the day night test against west indies. and matt has the weekend weather. after the heavy showers and thunderstorms of yesterday, there are fewer today, a bit more sunshine. full details coming up. good morning. our main story: police in spain believe the driver of the van which ploughed into pedestrians in barcelona killing thirteen people could still be at large. a man hunt is now underway for moroccan born younes abuyaqub. a teenager shot dead by police after a second attack in cambrils had previously been identified as a key suspect. investigators now think that he was responsible for hiring the van. last night crowds gathered to pay their respects to the victims, as simon jones reports. on the boulevard where, on thursday, bodies lay, last night a vigil. flowers and candles to mark the lives lost and those injured from 3a different
it s saturday, 19th august. also ahead: professor stephen hawking warns of an nhs crisis in england as he clashes with the health secretary, jeremy hunt. remembering a tv legend: the king of saturday night television, sir bruce forsyth, dies at the age of 89. nice to see you, tcu dart mac audience: nice. nice to see you, tcu dart-mac audience: nice. we ll look back on a career that spanned eight decades of showbusiness. in sport, an alastair cook masterclass puts england in control of the day night test against west indies. and matt has the weather. after the heavy showers and thunderstorms of yesterday, you will be glad to hear the rather fewer showers today. the full forecast coming up. good morning. our main story. police in spain believe the driver of the van which ploughed into pedestrians in barcelona killing thirteen people could still be at large. a man hunt is now underway for moroccan born younes abouyaqoub. a teenager shot dead by police after a second attack i
headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. good evening. i m lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. a day after the earth violently shook across the san francisco bay area, one early estimate puts damage at $1 billion. hardest hit, the town of napa where homes were destroyed, historic buildings crumbled and pavement buckled. in a quake-prone region where the big one is never far from mind, the realization quickly set in that this wasn t it. but at 6.0 the early sunday morning quake was strong enough to send scores of people to hospitals, some with serious injuries. it was centered just to the northeast of san francisco near the heart of california s wine industry which has taken a big hit from this. nbc s joe fryer leads off our coverage from napa. joe, good evening. reporter: good evening, lester. there have been dozens of small aftershocks here. and the probability of a strong damaging aftershock in the next week is 25%. tonight, many h