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triggering an unprecedented recall by the world s largest smart phone maker. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nightly news with lester holt. good evening, i m thomas roberts in for lester tonight. we begin with states of emergency and the havoc of hermine. after slamming florida as a category 1 hurricane, the deadly system now downgraded to a tropical storm could potentru the labor day weekend plans of 30 million americans, with tropical storm watches and warnings in place along the eastern seaboard from georgia to connecticut, heavy rain, flash floods, dangerous winds, rip currents all expected to pose serious threats in the coming days. states under emergency order tonight include virginia, north carolina, georgia and florida. and in the panhandle where hermine made landfall, residents are cleaning up from in the storm zone. reporter: in the florida panhandle, destruction and heart ache in the wa ....
beach mont. an accident reported on 75 southbound, reporting the brent spence bridge. i have not seen any backup in the area and non-of the cameras are picking that up. of an accident report there there as well. the interstates are going to be slow with the wet road conditions and right now we do have local 12 brandon orr, live on columbia parkway, and brandon, what do you see on beia, i hear there s a columbia, i hear there s a mudslide as you get closer to down to. reporter: yes, right around william howard cap road east nut hills you see mudslides coming down the roads. it s not closing any lanes, but i would stay toward the inner lanes especially as we have rain, we haven t seen any flooding, we went toward the river bend. we haven t seen any flooding, that is typically where we see flooding. we are approaching one inch mark, and we will pass that one inch mark once we get, that could create minor flading areas in downtown. we are headed toward beachfront avenue ....
matter protesters interrupted a trump rally in virginia. [bleeped] [bleeped]. a time magazine photographer tried to leave the press area to shoot the protesters as they were escorted from the venue. he was thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. photographer chris morris later admitted to cursing at the agent before the confrontation became physical. morris said the agent grabbed him by the neck and put him in a chokehold. i m dealing with some real sleaze bags up here, believe me. i think the press is worse. i m telling you. they re worse than the politicians. reporter: trumps make a sport of criticizing reporters and makes it clear protesters are unwelcome. out. get out. out. reporter: trump s momentum toward the g.o.p. nomination has brought a sharper edge to his already-raucous rallies. marco rubio complained today the gutter rhetoric makes headlines. what a sad indictment on the state of the political debate in this country today. [applause] r ....
our team on it all, and abc s georgia. reporter: tonight, on the eve of super tuesday, tension erupting at a trump rally in virginia. get them out of here, please. reporter: a large group of of the event. as they pass, a photographer from time magazine, thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. watch again. the agent s hands around the photographer s neck. then, with the man still on the ground, an angry exchange of words. investigating. but that wasn t all. trump singling out another protester, asking if she s mexican. are you from mexico? are you from mexico? right smack in the middle of my punch line. reporter: today s confrontations coming as the republican front-runner finds himself in the middle of a new controversy. dodging a question about whether he will reject the support of former ku klux klan grand wizard dave duke david duke. would you say, you condemn support? well, i have to look at the group. i mean, i don t know what group you re t ....
questions about the ku klux klan, claiming he couldn t hear during an interview when asked about david duke. senator marco rubio taking aim at trump again tonight. and hillary clinton shifting her message, in a line aimed at trump, a a well. is she turning to t t national race now? anan this evening, from a trump rally in virginia, that s a time magazine photographer taken down by a secret service agent. our team on it all, and abc s tom llamas, leadings off from georgia. reporter: tonight, on the eve of super tuesday, tension erupting at a trump rally in virginia. get them out of here, please. reporter: a large group of student protesters marched out of the event. as they pass, a photographer from time magazine, thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. watch again. the agent s hands around the photographer s neck. then, with the man still on the ground, an angry exchange of words. the secret service now investigating. but that wasn t all. trump singlin ....