Al, whos in the danger zone here right now, lester, everyone from texas right on into louisiana has to worry about this its 30 miles west of galveston. 40mileperhour winds, moving north at 7 the flash flood watches extend into louisiana were looking at imelda slowly pushing inward tonight with rain and thunderstorms. Rainfall rates up to 1 to 3 inches per hour, and that could be lifethreatening flash flooding rainfall amounts generally from 6 to 12 inches of rain, but 18 inches are possible, lester, so this flash flooding is going to be our biggest concern lester all right al, thanks very much well have more from you shortly ahead in our series climate in crisis. Right now lets turn to that attack on those Oil Facilities in saudi arabia and mounting evidence tonight that iran was responsible for the strikes that sent shockwaves to the Global Oil MarketAndrea Mitchell tonight with the new developmentsents. Reporter tonight, u. S. Intelligence indicates the reporter tonight, u. S. Intelligence indicates the unprecedented attack on Saudi Oil Fields originated from iran. Using a combination of low altitude cruise missiles and drones to evade radar, two u. S. Officials tell nbc news. They say the missiles were fired from at least one location in western iran now secretary of state pompeo is traveling to saudi arabia, which u. S. Officials say could retaliate against iran with u. S. Support, but without the u. S. Firing a shot. After earlier tweeting he was locked and loaded, President Trump monday said he wants to avoid military conflict. I dontant war with anybody. Reporter and the military is also cautioning against striking iran, though it is revisiting a list of possible targets, including Oil Facilities or revolutionary guard Missile Launch sites the intelligence is now being shared with senators i think the president needs to act now and needs to act with partners in a fashion so the iranians will not do this ever again. If the president starts a war against iran to protect the we immediately to force saudis, i will tell you this we will file a motion immediately to force this to the floor of the senate and force there to be a vote. Reporter tonight saudi arabia says it has restored half of its oil production, much faster than expected so u. S. Analysts are reducing their predictions of a possible 25cent per gallon rise in gas prices down to 20 cents. Lester Andrea Mitchell in washington, thank you. There is a real cliffhanger tonight for israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, facing voters today with exit polls showing no clear winner. Nbcs bill neely is there tonight. Reporter israels election tonight too close to call. Tv exit polls predicting a dead heat, and putting Benjamin Netanyahus political future in doubt. He campaigned furiously today to remain israels Prime Minister, but his main opponent matched him. Benny gantz, who once took orders from netanyahu as his military chief, believes he will replace him. Netanyahu ran as if President Trump was his running mate, boasting of his unique relationship and being king bibi to a deeply divided electorate. Bibi, go away we dont need change. Reporter netanyahu promised voters he would make more Palestinian Land part of israel. President trump reluctant to back that. Reporter too soo, no, i dont want to be talking about that its too soon. Reporter too soon, too close. Its a 5050 election a lot of people, if you look at the polls and everything else, its going to be very close. Reporter neither man appears to have a clear path to victory . All right, bill so its up to israels president to decide who has the best chance of forming a government, and that could take days lester all right, bill neely in tel aviv tonight, thank you. There is breaking health news this evening. The death of another patient from a serious illness related to vaping. And late today, new york became the second state in the nation the ban all flavored ecigarettes nbcs Stephanie Gosk has more on the vaping epidemic. Reporter the 40yearold california man died from what Health Officials there called severe pulmonary injury. Its the seventh death, together with hundreds of illnesses recently linked to vaping. The cdc is investigating 380 cases across 36 states and has activated its Emergency Operation center, directing more staff and resources to the problem. While Health Experts and parents increasingly ask the same question, how can kids kick the habit. Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances known to man. Reporter dr. Sharon levy runs an Addiction Program for children. Vaping can be more addictive than cigarettes, and the way we see a lot of kids use them, its clear that theyre getting very high doses. Reporter for now, she is relying on medication and counseling there is no research on how to do it. I was using four a day at one point. Reporter lucas canard was getting a daily dose of nicotine equal to four packs of cigarettes my main focus was just to get my fix his best option to quit, rehab. Were seeing kids coming into the clinic with their lives falling apart around them. Reporter racing to find the best way to break the addiction. Stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york the pentagon today identified an American Green beret killed in afghanistan. Army Sergeant First ClassJeremy Griffin of greenbrier, tennessee, was on his fourth combat deployment when he was killed by small arms fire yesterday. Sergeant griffin was 41 years old. Tonight police here in california and oklahoma are crediting tips in the public with possibly stopping School Shootings in those states. Three of those arrested are just 14 years old Pete Williams has the details. Reporter in southeastern oklahoma, 18yearold Alexis Wilson is charged tonight with making a terrorist threat, accused of telling a coworker she wanted to shoot up mcalester high school, which she once attended Court Documents she recently bought an ak47 Assault Rifle and said she was going to, quote, shoot 400 people for fun. She later said she didnt mean it, but the county sheriff is taking no chances with people who threaten schools were going charge them and the judiciary is going to prosecute them to the fullest effect this is something we can have zero tolerance on. Reporter in desert hot springs, california, three 14yearolds, two boys and a girl, are charged with threatening on social media to shoot their high school. Police say the teens had access to a semiautomatic pistol and a revolver, as well as this pellet gun that looked exactly like an ar15 Assault Rifle. If they had brought it to school, police say it could have easily been mistaken for the real thing. Our officers would have no way to make that discernment in a quick second and it could have ended in a very, very different manner. Reporter tonight officials are praising the people who took both threats seriously and tipped off police in this era of Mass Shootings lester pete, thank you there were fireworks on capitol hill today with House Democrats holding their First Official impeachment hearing the sole witness, corey lewandowski, the former Trump Campaign manager who clashed with democrats in several heated exchanges. Controversy erupted before lewandowski was even sworn in. The white house directing him not to answer questions about conversations with President Trump beyond whats in the Mueller Report the president praising lewandowski on twitter, calling his opening statement, quote, beautiful. Tonight one of the countrys biggest employers has put out the help wanted sign Amazon Holding job fairs in six u. S. Cities, looking to fill tens of thousands of positions nbcs tom costello was there with the massive crowds. Reporter the lines were so long, they stretched down city blocks and into a tent thousands of people drawn by the promise of an interview. You have your resume . Yes. Reporter with a 21st century giant. What draws you to amazon honestly, it is so cool, at this point its a very cool name and its growing. Reporter today is amazon career day held in six cities. Arlington, virginia, the future home of hq2 as well as nashville, boston, dallas, seattle and chicago. Amazons goal, hire 30,000 employees by early next year from 15 an hour warehouse jobs to computer programmers and execs earning 125,000 and up. What are you looking for in an employee people who want to roll up their sleeves, experiment, and create things that havent been invented yet reporter this woman just graduated from college with a Computer Science degree. This is the future. It would be exciting to work here. Reporter it comes in a very tight labor market unemployment at a 50year low with amazon struggling to find qualified employees, and its not just amazon. The greatest demand is for health care workers, technology workers, education employees those areas of the economy that demand higher skills than average. Reporter even though many already have a job, thousands drawn by the lure of working for amazon tom costello, nbc news, arlington, virginia. Some sad news tonight about one of the best in our business. Cokie roberts, the celebrated correspondent and analyst for npr and abc news has died. She was 75 Anne Thompson tonight on her long and memorable career. Reporter for so many years, Cokie Roberts was a sunday morning staple, offering savvy insights and wit but other states if they nominate yahoos, the democrats likely to win. Reporter coanchored with Sam Donaldson and covering every Major Political event on television and radio. Commentator and columnist Cokie Roberts. The feature is called ask cokie. Reporter a trusted familiar voice on npr, her colleagues call roberts one of the networks founding mothers what you didnt see or hear is how she reached out to other women journalists, offering her hardwon advice. Just do your work and get it on the air and then people will see that youre good. Reporter the daughter of two louisiana congressmen, politics was in her dna her father democrat hale boggs. The search continued for House Democrat leader hale boggs. After he died in a plane crash, her mom lindy winning that seat. Growing up in the capital was wonderful. Reporter she married Steve Roberts in 1966, raising two children, coauthoring columns, a book and a life together id like to be remembered as a mother and a wife and friend of people that i love very, very much reporter her family today saying we will miss cokie beyond measure, both for her contributions and for her love and kindness, as will we all Anne Thompson, nbc news. I admire cokies work and her passion for journalism she will be missed with that Tropical Storm bearing down in texas tonight, the signs of our rapidly changing climate are everywhere. Tonight al roker focuses on the warming waters on the east coast threatening communities and jobs from florida to new england. Reporter its hard to imagine hurricanes more powerful and devastating than this, but thats the future communities along our southeastern coast are staring down because as our oceans warm, experts say storms are becoming stronger, slower, and more damaging were starting to see more category 3, 4, and 5 storms. Were seeing the rapidly intensifying, and were seeing them rain out a lot more. Reporter its just one of the ways warming waters are impacting the eastern seaboard tiny Tangier Island sits off the coast of virginia. A vulnerable sliver of land thats sinking into the Chesapeake Bay where we are now, there was a community right here. Reporter James Eskridge is the mayor. The population here, less than 500 and declining. And all of its just underwater now, completely gone. Reporter since 1850, twothirds of the island has been swallowed by the bay. Many folks here point to erosion as the cause, but Scientists Say its also rising sea levels due to warming waters. Getting protection for the island is first and foremost on everybodys mind here. When you go to bed, you think about it when you wake up, you think about it reporter eskridge is pushing to build a seawall around the entire island, but that will cost millions. He fears without it, the only place he has ever called home could soon disappear. Im not just talking about a piece of land. Im talking about a community, a way of life. Reporter up the coast in rhode island, lobsterman Greg Mataronas is also worried about his future his family has made a living on the water here for more than 50 years. Would you say the water is warming up rapidly im only 38 years old and to notice to water is warming in my adult lifetime, i would call that rapidly. Reporter a scary shift, because as waters have warmed, the lobster haul here has plunged, down from 8 Million Pounds 20 years ago to just 2 million in 2017. The lobsters, everything they do is temperaturerelated. So mating, feeding, migrations. Reporter there are now aggressive measures in place to protect the industry but with a young family to support, mataronas is concerned it wont be enough i dont want to think about having to do something else. Believe me, i do think about it. Reporter do you really think about it i do. Yes. I still have a lot of work career left, and i just wonder if 20 years from now if im going to be struggling reporter greg and so many others now racing to adapt before its too late al roker, nbc news, little compton, rhode island. 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I thought i was going to quit but my husband said keep going reporter she kept going and made history, the first woman ever to swim the English Channel four times without stopping the colorado native recovering in england today with her husband. I am definitely looking forward to a good nights sleep. Reporter her iron endurance was also tested in 2017 when she was diagnosed with stage 2 Breast Cancer. Open water swimming had been her life the thought of not being able to do it anymore makes me just cry. Reporter just one year after finishing successful treatment, thomas back in the water to inspire other cancer patients. But you dont have to give up and let it define your entire life. Reporter days before her swim, sarah posted that no matter what, she knew she made it, writing cancer tried to break me i won. Catie beck, nbc news what an achievement congratulations, sarah thats nightly news. Im lester holt. [cheers and applause] but i miss me more i miss me more i miss me more i miss me more i miss me more [cheers and applause] kelly all right welcome to the Kelly Clarkson show lets meet the person who requested that song. Where is morgan at . High matthew, mark. Why did you request that song . I love kelsea. I think that song is just so empowering as women, as girls. You go through your hard break ups you lose yourself. Well, that song is all about finding yourself and loving yourself through everything that you go through. Kelly i agree, i agree. I feel like sometimes you see your friends get in relationships and youre like, where did you go . That can happen. We toured together, kelsey and i, and she so fantastic. I love her. She still fantastic but those lyrics, they resonate with a lot of people. I think people do lose their identity sometimes. I love that song, thank you for picking it so i could sing it. Ive got a little