Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 2017-03-15

This program is 30 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction

  #1187925

  12:00:21 am — 12:01:26 am

  Tonight, Russian spies charged the stunning turn the feds indict Putin's intel officers for orchestrating a massive hack attack on a major American company. Hundreds of millions of Yahoo! Customers hit tonight. Protecting your privacy? Still no evidence. As President Trump speaks for the first time about his claim that President Obama wiretapped him. What he's saying now, salesman in chief with a GOP plan facing headwinds. The president hits the road for a hard sell and also weighs in on his tax...

• Toronto / Alexsey Belan / Igor Sushchin / Mary McCord

  #1187926

  12:01:27 am — 12:04:17 am

  Good evening. A new case of Russian cyber meddling was alleged today. But in this case, it was personal. What federal prosecutors are describing as a Russian sponsored computer hack that targeted a half billion everyday e-mail users and the fans were naming names identifying two Russian intelligence agents [Igor Sushchin, Dmitry Dokuchaev] and a pair of hackers [Alexsey Belan, Karim Baratov] accused of orchestrating a massive hack of Yahoo! Accounts in 2014, predating the suspected Russian inter...

• Commercial: Nikki Haley

  #1187927

  12:04:17 am — 12:04:22 am

  For the reminder. You can see more of Matt's interview with Ambassador Nikki Haley tomorrow morning on Today....

• Adam Levin / Russian / ACLU

  #1187928

  12:04:23 am — 12:06:18 am

  With a serious cyber breaches seeming to happen more and more often. How can you protect yourself from criminal hackers after your personal information? NBC is Gabe Gutierrez has some strategies you need to know. There is no indication the Russian hackers used a stolen user information to commit mass identity fraud, and prosecutors say they only spied on specific high value targets. Instead, they launched spam marketing schemes, which may have caused some people to see unwanted ads. But it's all...

• Capitol Hill / Michael Steele / Devin Nunes / Republican

  #1187929

  12:06:18 am — 12:08:39 am

  Meantime, tonight, both the Republican and Democratic House intelligence leaders say they have still no evidence to support President Trump's claim that President Obama wiretapped him. And now Mr. Trump is speaking out publicly about his claim for the first time. We'll get more on the story from NBC as White House correspondent Hallie Jackson. Tonight, a new suggestion from the president that it wasn't simply a wire tap. President Obama had installed that Trump tower like he originally claimed, ...

• Michigan / Trump / Rachel Maddow / Ken Matthiesen

  #1187930

  12:08:40 am — 12:11:13 am

  President Trump is on the road again, appearing at a rally this evening to sell the GOP plan to replace Obamacare. Days after a nonpartisan report projected it would result in 14 million more uninsured Americans by next year. And the president also responding to the leak of his 2005 tax returns. NBC Peter Alexander has more. Tonight, for the first time, President Trump making his pitch on health care. Arriving in Nashville to deliver a booster shot to the GOP Obamacare replacement plan. But one ...

• Washington / Greg McBride / Federal Reserve / Samantha Good

  #1187931

  12:11:13 am — 12:13:12 am

  Amid an improving economy, the Federal Reserve is hiking interest rates for the second time in three months. That means the cost of borrowing is going up. It affects every American thinking about buying a house or a car or paying off that plastic. NBC is business correspondent Jo Ling Kent has the news hitting home. Tonight. The Federal Reserve taking action that affects your credit card, mortgage and car loan. Fed Chair Janet Yellen announcing the benchmark interest rate will rise a quarter of ...

• Pennsylvania / Amtrak

  #1187932

  12:13:13 am — 12:14:55 am

  Tonight, the big dig is on as cities and towns across a huge part of the country try to get back up and running, some places buried under more than two feet of snow. And for many, it is still dangerous going on the roads. NBC News national correspondent Miguel Almaguer has it all covered. Buried in snow and covered in ice. Tonight, no sign of spring as much of the Northeast is in a deep freeze. I'm really proud to be done today. 19 million face winter weather advisories after one hundred and fif...

• Commercial

  #1187933

  12:14:55 am — 12:15:12 am

  Still ahead, mid air horror. Passengers headphones explode during a flight. Well, she was monitoring them is a type of battery that so many of us have in our devices to blame. Also, the boy whose story has touched a lot of folks with a camera captured the moment the whole world changed right before his eyes....

• Commercial: WeatherTech

  #1187934

  12:15:26 am — 12:15:44 am

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• Commercial: Ultra Soft

  #1187935

  12:15:44 am — 12:16:14 am

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• Commercial: Zell Jones / Zell Jan / rheumatoid arthritis

  #1187936

  12:16:14 am — 12:17:14 am

  Needles? Essential for him, but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis because there are options like an unjection. Xeljanz XR, a once daily pill for adults with moderate to severe. All right. For whom methotrexate did not work well. Zell Jan's ex da can reduce pain, swelling and joint damage even without methotrexate. Zell jams XDR can lower your ability to fight infections including tuberculosis, serious sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma and other cancers have happened. Don't start....

• Commercial: Nikki Haley / Matt Lauer

  #1187937

  12:17:14 am — 12:17:29 am

  Tomorrow from South Carolina to the U.N.. America's new ambassador, Nikki Haley, in her first interview since being appointed, talks to Matt Lauer about the president's message to the world. NBC News exclusive tomorrow on TODAY....

• Commercial

  #1187938

  12:17:30 am — 12:17:43 am

  Killer chooses his. Home of his victims. Talk about shutters going down your spine. A case that put detectives to obsess, too. I believe every case is solvable. DATELINE. 9 8 Central....

• Australia / Jay Whitacre / Brian Green / Glenn Derene

  #1187939

  12:17:46 am — 12:19:36 am

  We're back now with new concerns tonight after a fire on board a plane and other incidents suspected of being started by exploding batteries. This time, the batteries may have caught fire inside a passenger's headphones as she was sleeping. The images of her charred face and hands making headlines around the world. We get details from NBC Tom Costello. The injuries were horrific. A passenger's face, hair and skin burned after the batteries in her headphones suddenly caught fire on a flight from ...

• Commercial

  #1187940

  12:19:37 am — 12:19:41 am

  We're back in a moment to voice. Some of America's top Olympians are now refusing to play the game....

• Commercial: Linda / Neil Mason

  #1187941

  12:19:45 am — 12:20:59 am

  Impressive, Linda. It seems age is slowing you down, but your immune system weakens as you get older, increasing the risk for me for shingles virus. Especially after 50. I've been looking inside you since you had chickenpox. I could surface any time as a painful, blistering rash. One in three people get more in their lifetime. Linda, will it be? And that's why Linda got me; Zostavax. A single shot vaccine. I'm working to boost Linda's immune system to help protect her against new shingles. Those...

• Commercial: Liberty Mutual Insurance

  #1187942

  12:21:00 am — 12:21:14 am

  You do all this research on a perfect car and smash it into a tree. Your insurance company raises your rates. Maybe you should have done more research on them. For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. Liberty Mutual Insurance....

• Commercial: FDA / Bayer / Aleve

  #1187943

  12:21:16 am — 12:21:44 am

  Funs and art class. When your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops for minor arthritis pain only Aleve is FDA approved to work for up to 12 straight hours with just one pill. Thank you. Check this Sunday's newspaper and save over 20 dollars on products from a leaf. [Bayer]....

• Commercial

  #1187944

  12:21:45 am — 12:22:00 am

  You wouldn't believe what's in this Kiester. A farmer's market, a fire truck or even a marching band. And if I can get comfortable talking about this case there, then you can get comfortable using Preparation H for any sort of discomfort in yours. Preparation H. Get comfortable with it....

• Commercial: Liberty Mutual Insurance

  #1187945

  12:22:00 am — 12:22:15 am

  Liberty Mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. So he got home safe. Yeah. My dad says our insurance doesn't have that much. You can leave worry behind when the liberty stands with you. Liberty Mutual Insurance....

• Commercial: Trump / Republican / Congress

  #1187946

  12:22:16 am — 12:22:47 am

  I'm a Republican. I voted for Trump. And then my policy from fell. He had to see a doctor. I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. A lot of people think that people who were on the Affordable Care Act are gaming the system. It's just people like me. The Affordable Care Act saved my life. Everybody thought he should get the care they need. I'm still here. I'm still fighting. Tell Congress save my pop care. [SaveMyCare.org]....

• USA Hockey / U.S. women's hockey team

  #1187947

  12:22:47 am — 12:23:06 am

  The U.S. women's hockey team says it's boycotting the upcoming world championships on home ice over wages. The players are seeking a contract with USA Hockey that they say, quote, includes appropriate compensation. The players have had contracts only in Olympic years and they're seeking a deal that covers them in all other years....

• California /

  #1187948

  12:23:07 am — 12:23:35 am

  And California, here we come. That's what a lot of folks might say when they hear the list of happiest cities put out by a personal finance Web site. Eight of the top 10 cities are in California, including Fremont, San Jose, Irvine, San Francisco, Huntington Beach, San Diego, Oakland and Santa Rosa. Also sneaking in or Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Washington, D.C.. The magazine says the rankings are based on emotional and physical well-being, income and employment and community and environment....

• Florida /

  #1187949

  12:23:36 am — 12:23:57 am

  So why did the alligators cross the road? A nature photographer cut a whole parade of them on camera near a Florida swamp. We have sped up this video showing gator after gator after gator. More than a dozen in all, ranging from two to 12 feet. The photographer says he used a long lens so he could keep his distance as well as keeping his arms and legs....

• Commercial

  #1187950

  12:23:57 am — 12:24:03 am

  When we come back, the boy in the video that's moved millions opens up about the moment life changed forever....

• Commercial: Pacific Life

  #1187951

  12:24:05 am — 12:24:48 am

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• Commercial: Phillips Colon Health / Bayer / Phillips Lady

  #1187952

  12:24:49 am — 12:25:03 am

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• Commercial: Fidelity Investments

  #1187953

  12:25:04 am — 12:25:17 am

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• Commercial: Frosted Mini Wheats / Kellogg

  #1187954

  12:25:19 am — 12:25:33 am

  Is this thing on? Your turn. You princes go on vacation cause you eat frosted sweet Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats. Feed your inner kid....

• Commercial: Bayer

  #1187955

  12:25:34 am — 12:25:50 am

  Americans. 83 percent try to eat healthy, get up to 90 percent fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. Let's do more. Add One a Day 50 Plus. A complete multi vitamin. With 100 percent daily value of more than 15 key nutrients. Wanted a 50 plus. [Bayer]....

• Commercial: Pfizer / Bristol-Myers Squibb / Eliquis

  #1187956

  12:25:49 am — 12:26:47 am

  I accept I don't race down the slopes like I used to. I even accept I have a higher risk of stroke due to A Fib the type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heartfelt problem. But whatever trail I take, I go for my best. So if there's something better than warfarin, I'll go for that too. Eliquis. Eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin plus had less major bleeding warfarin. Eliquis had both. Don't stop taking Eliquis unless your doctor tells you to stop and increases your risk...

• Commercial: 4NBC / President Donald Trump

  #1187957

  12:26:49 am — 12:27:00 am

  Tonight, President Donald Trump visits Tennessee. I won't see the president and I won't get as close as I can. We're bringing you continuing coverage from all angles. Plus, I'll be giving you. Heavy traffic and road closures as you head home. [4NBC]...

• Johnston, Iowa / Cayson Irlbeck / Casey / EnChroma

  #1187958

  12:27:06 am — 12:29:04 am

  Finally tonight, what if your entire life you couldn't see the world the same way as everyone else around you? A few days ago we showed you the emotional moment when the eyes of a colorblind boy were suddenly open to every color of the rainbow. Now he's opening up to NBC's Kristen Dahlgren about how his life is forever changed. This is how Cayson Irlbeck saw the world until this moment. I could see his lips start to quiver a little bit and I knew that it had worked. Captured on video. The colorb...

• Good Night

  #1187959

  12:29:05 am — 12:29:13 am

  A whole new world for him. That's gonna do it for us on this Wednesday night. I'm Lester Holt. For all of us at NBC News. Thank you for watching and good night....