Bypassing 26 federal laws to speed up construction of the border wall, despite President Bidens vow not to build another foot during the 2020 campaign. The president today saying he doesnt believe the wall works, but he has no choice because the money was allocated during the trump administration. Former President Trump reacting tonight. Also this evening, the Russian Missile strike on a cafe and Grocery Store in ukraine, killing more than 50 people, as chaos in congress here in the u. S. Threatens to cut off ukraine aid. The armed man arrested at wisconsins capitol for threatening the governor. Police say he made bail and then came back with an assault rifle. The horrific stabbing of a social justice worker in new york. The 18yearold suspect now under arrest. Tropical storm philippe taking potential aim at the northeast. The new track. The fed ex Plane Crash Landing, sparks flying as it skids off the runway. What caused it . The Health Concerns about popular Weight Loss Drugs. What a new study found. And all that jazz. The living room concerts with some of the best music youll ever hear, if you can get a seat. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt with good evening and welcome. A new effort to build a Border Wall Tonight coming from an unexpected place, the white house. In an official notice, Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas saying there is an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers to prevent unlawful entries into the united states. Facing a growing influx of migrants illegally entering the country, the administration is waiving 26 federal laws in order to allow more Wall Construction. Using money allocated before President Biden took office. Its a Sharp Policy Shift for a president who once called a Wall Spanning the southern border a waste of time. The new construction will be along a stretch of border in starr county, texas. And tonight former President Trump, who built his successful 2016 president ial Campaign Around a promise to build a border wall is claiming vindication. Peter alexander now with late details. Reporter tonight, a major reversal. The Biden Administration announcing it is waving 26 federal laws to permit more border Wall Construction in Southern Texas amid a record 3 million migrants crossing the border in the past year. The head of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas overnight declaring there is presently an acute and immediate need to build physical barriers and roads to prevent illegal crossings in starr county, texas. But President Biden appeared to contradict his own dhs secretary. Do you believe the Border Wall Works . No. Reporter insisting his administration is not building more wall because of the surge in migrants, but because they were required by law to spend Money Congress allocated during the trump administration. I have to use money for what it is appropriated for. I cant stop it. I hear you, i hear you. Im speaking for the president. He has said he does not believe a border wall is effective. Reporter late today this from the dhs Secretary Traveling in mexico city. There is no new Administration Policy with respect to the border wall. Reporter still, it comes after the president repeatedly slammed the wall and former President Trump during the campaign. There will not be another foot of wall constructed on my administration. Tonight, mr. Trump arguing he has been proven right, posting there are only two things that have consistently worked, wheels and walls. Will joe biden apologize to me and america for taking so long to get moving . The latest nbc news poll americans give republicans an 18point advantage when asked who would ever better handle immigration, the largest ever deficit for democrats on this issue. And peter joining me now. Peter, the administration announced it will resume Deportation Flights for migrants from one country. Lester, thats right. Border officials are seeing more migrants from venezuela than anywhere else. And now they will once again face those Deportation Flights. This comes after the Biden Administration gave temporary legal status to half a million venezuelans. Lester . Peter alexander at the white house, thanks. Increasingly, the migrant crisis is being felt far from the border, including cities like chicago, where Officials Say resources are running thin. Julia ainsley is there tonight. Reporter tonight, officials warning chicago is approaching a breaking point. Tents full of desperate migrants lining chicagos iconic lakeshore drive. Migrant shelters inside ohare airport. A total 17,000 migrants showing up since last august, and officials expect 1200 per day to keep coming. Now chicago is Building Sprawling Tent camps to get migrants off the streets of places like this ahead of the cold winter months. Democratic illinois governor j. B. Pritzker slamming President Biden for not doing enough, writing the federal governments lack of intervention and coordination at the border has created an untenable situation for illinois. The white house blaming congress for not acting and saying theyve accelerated work permits and provided A Billion Dollars to cities nationwide. I dont want them there reporter but protests here are growing. To have the government come in and dump 300 people right next door to me, it is not fair. Reporter the Latino Pilsen neighborhood was the first to build a shelter for migrants, and theyre now preparing a new shelter to take up to a thousand more. Community leaders tell us they want to help migrants, but theyre worried about resources for Poor Chicagoans too. Im concerned because of the slow response by the federal and state government. Reporter when winter comes, not only will you not have enough room for migrants, you also might not have enough room to take in some Homeless People who live on the streets here in pilsen, american citizens . Absolutely. Reporter we met these migrants sleeping outside a police station. Stephanie tells us she boarded a free bus in texas because she thought chicago had a refugee camp. Some of us have been here weeks, she said. She told us she is desperate for a job to support her 1yearold son back in venezuela. The Texas Governor says he will continue bussing migrants to Sanctuary Cities to relieve border towns. Tonight, a dhs Assessment Team is here in the city. Lester . Julia ainsley, thank you. This was a devastating day in ukraine, where Officials Say a Russian Missile killed more than 50 people. Richard engel with late details. Reporter a huge Russian Missile effectively wiped this tiny village off the matt today, flattening what was main street in roza, eastern ukraine. There is hardly a trace of the grocery and coffee shop that were here. Residents say there were only 330 People Living in the village. In an instant, more than 50 were killed. Relatives from the surrounding areas rushed over as soon as they could search for loved ones. Valeria looking for her mother, says the villagers were holding a memorial for a soldier when the missile hit. There was a coffee shop here, she says. Ukraines president zelenskyy called todays attack a deliberate and brutal act of terrorism. While at an Economic Forum in russia, president putin took no responsibility for any of this. He claimed russia did not start the war in ukraine, just the opposite. He says russia is trying to end it. Thats his message to the russian people, even though russia invaded ukraine and is continuing its daily attacks that today devastated a sleepy village. President zelenskyy said today that President Biden assured him of ongoing u. S. Support, even though its still an open question if congress will pass more military aid for ukraine. Lester . Okay, richard, thank you. In wisconsin tonight man, is under arrest for the second time in one day for bringing a gun to the State Capitol where Officials Say he was trying to see the governor. Jesse kirsch joins us. Jesse, it was a pretty alarming scene there. Thats right, lester. Details still coming in, but so far Officials Say that a shirtless man with a holstered handgun went into the wisconsin State Capitol yesterday demanding to see Governor Tony Evers before he was arrested for openly carrying a firearm into the capitol. Authorities say he later bailed himself out of jail, and hours after the first incident, returned to the State Capitol exterior, this time armed with a loaded ak47 style rifle as well as a collapsible police style baton. Authorities say the man was taken into custody for a psychiatric evaluation. Were also told that at the time of the incident, the governor was not in the capitol, which does not have metal detectors. And this is just the latest high profile incident involving an elected official. Last year the governor was allegedly on a hit list which also purportedly included Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell as well as michigan governor gretchen whitmer. And remember, whitmer was also the intended victim of a Kidnapping Plot in 2020. Lester . Jesse kirsch, thank you. Here in new york, a suspect under arrest in the Stabbing Death of a Community Activist earlier this week. A Surveillance Video shows 32yearold ryan carson being confronted by a man and being stabbed multiple times on a Brooklyn Street as his girlfriend watched. Officials say the 18yearold suspect has been charged with murder. And the man who shot and wounded ten people in a New York Subway last year was sentenced today to ten life sentences. Frank james had pleaded guilty to ten counts of terrorism and a gun charge. The Shootings Led to a citywide manhunt. Remarkably, all the victims survived. Tonight Tropical Storm philippe churning north with maximum winds up to 50 miles per hour. Its expected to move over parts of maine and Atlantic Canada this weekend, producing strong winds, heavy rain, and flooding in new england. And we learned today that globally, last month was the hottest september on record. Climate change and el nino are blamed. This follows the hottest july and august. One climate scientist called the summers heat extraordinary. Its those conditions that are contributing to a growing water crisis in louisiana, where saltwater is seeping into the Mississippi River. Here is sam brock. Reporter tonight, the race to keep new orleans Drinking Water safe, as the flow of the Mississippi River might not be Strong Enough to prevent disaster. Those In Port Sulphur already struggling. When we run the water, when i take a bath, i feel the, i smell the i can smell it. You can feel and smell the salt . Yes, sir. Reporter when we met Harold Sylvie and his wife denise, they were unloading water for their kids and grandkids. How long have you been dealing with this for . Oh, i say a couple of months. Reporter parts of their parish under a Drinking Water advisory. Even with Plaquemines Parish barging and blending water from plants upstream to keep Saline Levels down. In the regions most populous parish, jefferson, where half a Million People are potentially set to be effected, its a race to get these pipes down and bring in fresh water. Do you anticipate having to tell people they can only drink Bottled Water . Were hoping not. Were hoping that this system is able to connect us upriver. Reporter the Army Corps Of Engineers has had some success bolstering an underwater barrier called a sill. But following the hottest summer on record, and the majority of louisiana under a state of exceptional drought, these Emergency Steps are only a stopgap. All levels of government are throwing everything we have at this problem, and unfortunately, the Silver Bullet is rain. We need rain upstream. Reporter the saltwater has already gone some 60 or 70 river miles up the mississippi. But that was mostly unimpeded. The question now is how much farther will it go in that direction towards new orleans with the latest projection showing it stopping just short of the major water tanks for now. And if that holds, the biggest Population Centers could be spared as many still worry about their loved ones having clean Drinking Water. I dont want them to get sick or if anything happens. Reporter from the mississippi delta, sam brock, nbc news. And Climate Change and Severe Weather are contributing to a growing Food Challenge in china, which so much of the world depends on. Janis Mackey Frayer reports tonight and how china is responding. Reporter from record rainfall to scorching heat, dramatic swings testing chinas ability to cope with a changing climate. This summer, the heaviest rain in 140 years caused wide scale flooding here that Destroyed Fields and tons of crops. The corn is soaked. The fields, the furniture, its all garbage, he says. Last year intense heatwaves triggered the worst drought in decades. He is saying this is what it looks like when rice doesnt grow. Its all dry. Climate change is feeding a quest to shore up chinas food supply. Food security now a National Priority for chinas president xi jinping. To produce more and import less at a time when geopolitical tension is rising too. The challenge in china, feeding 1 5 of the worlds population with only 10 of the worlds arable farmland. A campaign to expand farmland has reclaimed nearly half a million acres nationwide for staple foods like rice, soy beans and wheat. 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