Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 2016-08-31

This program is 30 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction

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  12:00:25 am — 12:01:23 am

  Breaking news tonight, Donald Trump's surprise visit to Mexico standing side by side with that country's president. Is Trump backing down on some of his signature promises? He says they didn't even discuss who would pay for the wall growing. Triple threat, another named storm gaining steam in the tropics. And hurricane watches now up in Florida. Millions on high alert. Violent flight. An emergency landing with passengers and flight attendants injured during severe turbulence. Just the latest ter...

• Mexico City / Adolf Hitler / Donald Trump / Benito Mussolini

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  12:01:23 am — 12:04:33 am

  From the opening moments of his presidential run, Mexico has played a prominent role in Donald Trump's rhetoric from fiery accusations about criminals and rapists pouring over the border to bold promises to erect a wall and force Mexico to pay for it. Fast forward to today, when Trump, in a surprise move, traveled to Mexico City on the invitation of that country's president. Standing side by side in a photo op moment his advisers openly hoped would make Trump come across as presidential. But gon...

• Mexico / Maria Landeros / Donald Trump / Hillary Clinton

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  12:04:33 am — 12:07:50 am

  A big day and a big night with Donald Trump set to deliver what's being billed as a major speech on immigration, his signature campaign issue, and an issue where he spends a lot of people wondering lately where exactly he stands on some issues, even some who support him. NBC's Hallie Jackson is learning new details about Trump's high stakes speech. Donald Trump heading back across the border as his Mexico City meeting overshadows the biggest policy speech of his campaign so far on immigration. W...

• Mexico / Jimmy Buffett / Hillary Clinton / Donald Trump

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  12:07:50 am — 12:09:30 am

  Well, with many polls showing a tightening race now, Hillary Clinton was on the trail as well today, making her pitch to veterans even as she continues to grapple with sinking favor ability ratings. Here's NBC's Andrea Mitchell in person. Tonight, Hillary Clinton attacking Donald Trump for his drop in visit to Mexico. It certainly takes more than trying to make up for a year of insults and insinuations by dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours as Trump was grabbing the spotlight south of t...

• Boston / Fred Metzler / NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory / Gary Wick

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  12:09:30 am — 12:12:52 am

  We move to the tropics now. And a state of emergency declared in Florida as a gathering storm gained steam. Now tropical storm Hermine closing in. Hurricane watches are up and that is not the only trouble brewing. There's also not one, but two hurricanes headed toward Hawaii. Millions bracing for impact. And we get all the latest now from NBC. Gabe Gutierrez. Tonight, what was once tropical depression number nine has strengthened into a tropical storm. Her mean slogging towards Florida's Gulf Co...

• Cuba / Sophia Compton / Rick Seaney / FareCompare.com

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  12:12:52 am — 12:14:24 am

  Well, history was made high in the sky today with the first commercial flight from the U.S. to Cuba. And within 50 years, it's a new chapter in the flying relations between our two countries after ties were restored last year. NBC's Kerry Sanders takes us aboard. JetBlue Flight 387 made history today. A celebrated take off in Fort Lauderdale. Destination Santa Clara, Cuba. The last regularly scheduled direct service from the U.S. to the Communist island, 1961. Among the 150 passengers on this in...

• Commercial

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  12:14:25 am — 12:14:43 am

  Still ahead for us tonight, nightmare flight. It has happened yet again. A plane forced to make an emergency landing as violent turbulence leaves those on board with cuts, bruises and broken bones. And later, bags, check tickets, check destination. Well, that's the mystery. Would you want to take a vacation like that?...

• Commercial

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  12:14:46 am — 12:15:15 am

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• Commercial

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  12:15:17 am — 12:15:31 am

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• Commercial: Publisher's Clearinghouse / Facebook / dot com

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  12:15:31 am — 12:15:45 am

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• Commercial: ACE / Kensington / Clark

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  12:15:47 am — 12:16:01 am

  It's ACE's Big Labor Day weekend paint sale. They'll buy a gallon of our best feldspar. Optimists get one percent up. Buy our best value. Clark and Kensington get one 50 percent off. Buy one. Get one 50 percent off. Now through Monday is a place with a helpful hardware store. Thanks so much. [ACE Hardware]...

• Commercial

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  12:16:01 am — 12:16:13 am

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• Commercial: Danoff / Fidelity Investments

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  12:16:17 am — 12:16:43 am

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• Commercial: Natalee Holloway / Stacy

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  12:16:46 am — 12:17:00 am

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• Commercial: Trump / Clinton / America

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  12:17:01 am — 12:17:15 am

  An unprecedented event. Clinton. Trump. Back to back on one stage, facing questions from our nation's veterans, who's best equipped to keep America safe. The Commander*in*Chief Forum. Wednesday, September 7 on NBC....

• Houston / John Dunton / FAA / Greg Feith

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  12:17:18 am — 12:19:31 am

  And we're back with terrifying moments for passengers and crew on board a United Airlines flight from Houston to London overnight. The plane had to make an emergency landing in Ireland after hitting severe turbulence midway over the ocean. Twelve people were injured, including crew members and three children. Here's NBC Tom Costello on the ground in Ireland. United Flight 880 met by ambulance crews, medics tending to the injured in the terminal. It is zero. It was early in the morning when the B...

• Commercial

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  12:19:31 am — 12:19:35 am

  When we come back, a hair raising close encounter caught on camera....

• Commercial: Neulasta Onpro

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  12:19:46 am — 12:20:41 am

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• Commercial

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  12:20:44 am — 12:20:57 am

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• Commercial

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  12:20:59 am — 12:21:13 am

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• Commercial

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  12:21:14 am — 12:21:44 am

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• Commercial: Ford / Freedom SALES

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  12:21:44 am — 12:22:13 am

  It's the final days of the Ford Freedom SALES and the deal's just got better. Just announced zero percent financing plus 500 Labor Day cash across the entire 2016 Ford lineup, especially tight vehicles get an extra thousand smart bonus cash. Freedom from interest and freedom to choose before for America's best selling brand. Curry gets zero percent for seventy two and five hundred Labor Day cash across the entire Ford lineup. Plus specialty tag vehicles get another thousand smart bonus cash....

• Commercial: Isaac Newton / Andrews Transportation Group / Jaguar

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  12:22:14 am — 12:22:40 am

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• North Carolina / Supreme Court / African-Americans

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  12:22:46 am — 12:23:09 am

  A deadlocked Supreme Court handed down a ruling today that could have a major impact on the upcoming election. In a 4 to 4 tie, the court refused to reinstate a controversial law requiring North Carolina voters to show a photo I.D. A lower court had struck that law down, ruling that it was aimed at making it harder for African-Americans to vote. That lower court decision. Now stands....

• Brazil / Dilma Rousseff / Senate

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  12:23:09 am — 12:23:30 am

  Big change in Brazil tonight, just over a week after the end of the Olympics in Rio. That country's president, Dilma Rousseff, has been ousted by the Senate for breaking fiscal laws while managing the budget. It's been a major drama in Brazil for a year now, culminating in today's vote, which Rousseff called a coup as she has repeatedly denied those charges....

• Florida /

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  12:23:30 am — 12:23:55 am

  A woman in Florida got quite a surprise when she looked up from her phone and came face to furry face with a black bear. She was sitting in her driveway when she suddenly noticed the unexpected visitor just inches away. She caught it on camera, sniffing her before her son came out and scared it off. Wildlife officials released that video as a warning to the public. They are now trying to find and trap that bear....

• Commercial

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  12:23:56 am — 12:24:02 am

  When we come back, how you can give yourself a surprise vacation and leave all of the planning to somebody else....

• Commercial: rheumatoid arthritis / TB / hepatitis B

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  12:24:08 am — 12:25:04 am

  Your body was made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis before you and your rheumatologist moved to another treatment ask if Xeljanz is right for you. is a small pill for adults with moderate to severe. All right, for whom methotrexate did not work well. They'll jams can reduce joint pain and swelling in as little as two weeks and help stop further joint damage. Xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis, serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma and ot...

• Commercial: Optimus / Clark Kent / ACE

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  12:25:05 am — 12:25:20 am

  ACE's Big Labor Day weekend pain. They'll buy a gallon of our best Valspar. Optimus get one 50 percent off by our best value. Clark Kent think tank that won 50 percent off. Buy one, get one. 50 percent off now through Monday. A place with a helpful hardware. Thanks so much....

• Commercial

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  12:25:20 am — 12:25:34 am

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• Commercial: Humira / TB / hepatitis B

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  12:25:37 am — 12:26:34 am

  With my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. Thinking about what to avoid, where to go. And how to deal with my you see. To me, that was normal until I talked to my doctor. She told me that Humira helps people like me get UC under control and keep it under control when certain medications haven't worked well enough numeric and lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis, serious sometimes fatal infections and cancers, ...

• Commercial: Letterman

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  12:26:35 am — 12:26:49 am

  Tonight at 6, a handful of students busted for drinking while others were let go. Did they get special treatment? If it would have been somebody that didn't have a Letterman jacket and it plays sport, they would've got kicked out of school immediately. The story tonight at 6. [4 NBC]...

• Nashville / Ariel Felshin / Alex Tepper / Lillian Rafson

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  12:26:53 am — 12:28:52 am

  And finally for us tonight, all the fun of going on vacation with none of the stress of having to actually plan it, adventurous travelers are embracing this new kind of getaway. All the arrangements are made for you, but one pretty key detail is left a mystery until you arrive at the airport. NBC's Jo Ling Kent explains. Ariel Felshin and Alex Tepper are heading off on vacation and they have no idea where they're going. I really wanted to go somewhere with Alex, but I had no way and no time to p...

• Good Night

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  12:28:53 am — 12:29:02 am

  And that's going to do it for us on a Wednesday night. I'm Savannah Guthrie, in for Lester. I'll see you tomorrow morning on Today. For all of us at NBC News. Thanks so much for watching and have a great night....