Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 2016-08-24

This program is 30 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction

  #1178075

  12:00:28 am — 12:01:28 am

  Breaking news tonight, tornado outbreak, twisters on the ground. Buildings demolished. A coffee shop flattened. Oh, my God. Starbuck's just get blown over.There are people in there. Plus trouble in the tropics and an alarming forecast track, frantic race against time. A deadly earthquake disaster in Italy scores dead and injured. The army mobilized a massive rescue mission to find so many buried alive. American University horror. Terrorists stormed the campus in Kabul. An hours long siege. Stude...

• central Italy /

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  12:01:29 am — 12:01:43 am

  Good evening. It is late at night in central Italy, where an urgent effort is still underway to free possible survivors from the rubble of an earthquake that has killed more than 150 people. We'll take you there in just a few moments. But there is breaking news here at home....

• Indiana / Hope Gardener / Starbucks

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  12:01:43 am — 12:03:12 am

  Violent storms on the march in central Indiana where officials are assessing the damage from at least two powerful tornadoes that rolled through late today, hitting homes and businesses and cutting off power to thousands. Much of the region is under a tornado watch until late evening. Let's get details now from NBC News Miguel Almaguer. As the first reported tornado steamrolled through central Indiana late today, diners took cover. Some had nowhere to go and no time to ride. Oh, my God. Starbuck...

• Italy / Massimo Tuzza / Italian Red Cross / Amatrica

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  12:03:12 am — 12:05:51 am

  And now to the unfolding disaster in central Italy. The death toll climbing to at least 159 after a six point two earthquake struck overnight as people slept in their homes, demolishing a trio of picturesque villages. Exhausted searchers remain at work tonight. Racing against the clock and braving jarring aftershocks, trying to pull the injured to safety with bulldozers and even their bare hands. Bill Neely is there and has the latest. It's the dead center of a broken town. Bodies in the rubble....

• Gulf of Mexico /

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  12:05:52 am — 12:06:46 am

  Back to the weather in this country. A brewing storm in the tropics and a forecast track that has a lot of people nervous in Florida. Meteorologist Dylan Dreyer is tracking every move. Dylan, where is all this headed? Well, it is going to head through the Bahamas and then perhaps into the Gulf of Mexico. Right now, it is just a tropical wave, but there's about a 60 percent chance of this storm developing into a tropical depression or a tropical storm within the next 48 hours. It's going to move ...

• Canada / Massoud Hossaini / American University / Barry McCaffrey

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  12:06:46 am — 12:08:37 am

  A horrific attack at a college campus has left at least one person dead and several more injured. Gunmen stormed American University in Afghanistan's capital, where many American citizens are on staff. U.S. troops were launched to the scene as America's longest war appears to be resurging. Here's NBC Richard Engel. It's long been a target, a symbol of American values and education. The coed American University in Kabul. Today, it was hit hard. First an explosion, then gunmen rushed in. Trapped i...

• Tampa / Donald Trump / Hillary Clinton / Nicolle Wallace

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  12:08:38 am — 12:10:53 am

  To presidential politics now. NBC News has learned that Hillary Clinton will receive her first classified intelligence briefing as a presidential nominee on Saturday at an FBI office near her New York home. Meantime, Donald Trump is out on the campaign trail, continuing his new push to appeal to minority voters. A tough sell as polls show him trailing Hillary Clinton badly among African-Americans and Latinos. And adding to the tough sell for Trump in those communities, what he's now saying and t...

• New York City / Brian Fallon / Bank of China / Donald Trump

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  12:10:54 am — 12:13:58 am

  Now to an NBC News investigation into the complex maze of Donald Trump's finances. As Trump continues to resist calls to release his taxes, NBC News is taking a hard look at his money trail. NBC News senior investigative correspondent Cynthia McFadden has more. Donald Trump has a thing for debt. I'm the king of that. I love that. In fact, a three month investigation by The New York Times revealed Donald Trump like debt twice as much as his financial disclosure forms indicate though even that was...

• Commercial

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  12:13:59 am — 12:14:15 am

  Still ahead tonight, the senator's daughter at the center of a firestorm, how she personally profited while her company hiked the price of lifesaving epi pens by 400 percent. Also, the SNL and Ghostbusters star targeted in a racist hacking attack. Many now rallying to her side....

• Commercial: Liberty Mutual Insurance

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  12:14:18 am — 12:14:48 am

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• Commercial: Phillips / Philips

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  12:14:49 am — 12:15:03 am

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• Commercial: Capital One / Quicksilver

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  12:15:05 am — 12:15:31 am

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• Commercial: Lyrica

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  12:15:33 am — 12:16:16 am

  Before I had the shooting burning diabetic nerve pain, these feet learned the horn from my dad and played gigs from New York to Miami. When I couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. So I talked to my doctor and he prescribed Lyrica. Lyrica May cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. Tell your doctor right away if you have these new or worsening depression or unusual changes in mood or behavior. Or swelling. Trouble breathing. Rash. Hives. Blisters. Muscle pain ...

• Commercial

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  12:16:19 am — 12:16:25 am

  Good morning again. The program from America's. [TODAY]...

• Commercial: Clinton

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  12:16:33 am — 12:16:47 am

  An uncertain world awaits our next president, who is best prepared for the threats we face, who can provide the security we need two different visions. One live event. Clinton. The Commander-in-Chief Forum. Wednesday, September 7th on NBC....

• Netherlands / Heather Bresch / Josh Earnest / Mylan Pharmaceuticals

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  12:16:50 am — 12:18:58 am

  Tonight, there is a growing anger against a major U.S. drug company for raising the price of a lifesaving medication by more than 400 percent over the past eight years. As we reported here last night, millions of Americans, especially children, rely on epi pens in the event of a potentially fatal allergic reaction. Now we're learning more about the company and the CEO. The daughter of a U.S. senator whose own compensation has grown to nearly 19 million dollars. Here's NBC Tom Costello. Perhaps b...

• Commercial

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  12:18:59 am — 12:19:04 am

  When we come back, this planet Earth have a twin. An amazing discovery that's closer than you may expect....

• Commercial: Alzheimer's Association / Alzheimer's disease

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  12:19:08 am — 12:19:36 am

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• Commercial: ServePro

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  12:19:38 am — 12:19:51 am

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• Commercial: Dulcolax

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  12:19:52 am — 12:20:06 am

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• Commercial: Stelara / Laura / Lara

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  12:20:07 am — 12:21:06 am

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• Commercial: American

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  12:21:07 am — 12:21:37 am

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• Commercial: Camry / Toyota / Highlanders

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  12:21:38 am — 12:22:07 am

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• Rio / Leslie Jones / Katy Perry / Justin Patchin

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  12:22:09 am — 12:23:54 am

  Fans and fellow celebrities are rallying behind SNL and Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones after she became the victim of a vicious racist hacking attack, as Rehema Ellis explains. This isn't the first time she's been harassed online this summer. After appearing at the Olympics in Rio. Today, actress Leslie Jones took down her Web site after it was hacked. Her home page was littered with what appeared to be explicit nude photos of the comedian and unconfirmed pictures of her driver's license and pas...

• Earth /

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  12:23:54 am — 12:24:16 am

  Have Scientists Found Another Earth? Astronomers announced today the discovery of an earth like planet called Proxima B orbiting the closest star to our solar system. They say it's like our next door neighbor, which just happens to be twenty five trillion miles away. So no sense trying to borrow any sugar. But it is by far the closest potentially habitable planet ever found outside our solar system....

• Commercial

  #1178100

  12:24:17 am — 12:24:23 am

  When we come back for a decade, no one would believe her story. But now a homeless woman is getting a long overdue payday....

• Commercial: Fidelity Investments

  #1178101

  12:24:26 am — 12:24:54 am

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• Commercial

  #1178102

  12:24:54 am — 12:25:10 am

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• Commercial: Claritin

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  12:25:11 am — 12:25:25 am

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• Commercial

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  12:25:26 am — 12:25:39 am

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• Commercial: Stanley Steemer

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  12:25:41 am — 12:25:58 am

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• Commercial: Cialis

  #1178106

  12:25:58 am — 12:26:55 am

  Romantic moments can happen spontaneously. So why pause to take a pill? Or stop to find a bathroom, Cialis for daily use is the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. Plus, the A-list treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of BPA like needing to go frequently day or night. Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take Cialis if you take nitrates for ...

• Commercial

  #1178107

  12:26:57 am — 12:27:11 am

  A man who's been charged in several shootings has never spent any serious time in prison. Now that he's charged with murder, some want to know why he was free in the first place. And don't use these public restrooms if you expect any privacy. Tonight at 6:00. [4 NBC]...

• Tennessee / Daniela de la Piedra / Wanda Witter / Social Security Administration

  #1178108

  12:27:14 am — 12:29:09 am

  Finally tonight, no one would listen to her when she claimed the government owed her tens of thousands of dollars. But after years of fighting, a homeless woman finally found someone who believed her. And as our Kristen Welker tells us, it turns out she was right all along. For 20 years, Wanda Witter was homeless in the nation's capital, living in shelters, even calling this street corner home. This is where I used to live. But Witter, now 80. A divorced mother of four was also stubborn. She kne...

• Good Night

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  12:29:09 am — 12:29:15 am

  And that will do it for us on a Wednesday night. I'm Lester Holt. For all of us at NBC News. Thank you for watching. And goodnight....