Are they the greatest of alltime . Nightly news from rio begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening, from the olympics. Full coverage of the headlines from here ahead, but our top story is back home where the death toll and the misery index is rising because of louisiana. At least switch deaths reported, 12,000 others are living in shelters. The number of rescues has reached 20,000 after a Staggering Amount of rain, as much as 2 1 2 feet inside 72 hours in some places. From overhead, baton rouge this evening, were looking at a watery scene that is in some ways reminiscent of the aftermath of katrina. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in louisiana with the latest. Reporter the massive, wide swathes of louisiana under water, now a federal disaster area. What are we looking at right here . Once a shopping center, and clearly a major retail area here is compromised. Reporter today a break from the downpour
Are they the greatest of alltime . Nightly news from rio begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening, from the olympics. Full coverage of the headlines from here ahead, but our top story is back home where the death toll and the misery index is rising because of louisiana. At least switch deaths reported, 12,000 others are living in shelters. The number of rescues has reached 20,000 after a Staggering Amount of rain, as much as 2 1 2 feet inside 72 hours in some places. From overhead, baton rouge this evening, were looking at a watery scene that is in some ways reminiscent of the aftermath of katrina. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in louisiana with the latest. Massive, wide swathes of louisiana under water, now a federal disaster area. What are we looking at right here . Once a shopping center, and clearly a major retail area here is compromised. Reporter today a break from the downpours, but not fr
Are they the greatest of alltime . Nightly news from rio begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening, from the olympics. Full coverage of the headlines from here ahead, but our top story is back home where the death toll and is rising because of the devastation in louisiana. The number of rescues has reached 20,000 after a Staggering Amount of rain, as much as 2 1 2 feet inside 72 hours in some places. From overhead, baton rouge this evening, were looking at a watery scene that is in some ways reminiscent of the aftermath of katrina. Nbcss Gabe Gutierrez is in louisiana with the latest. Of louisiana under water, now a federal disaster area. What are we looking at right here . Once a shopping center, and clearly a major retail area here is compromised. Reporter today a break from the downpours, but not from the heartbreak. Many rivers receding, but still at record levels. More than 20,000 peop
Usain bolt wins again, and simone biles wins another gold. Are they the best athletes of alltime . Nightly news from rio begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting from the olympic summer games in rio. From the olympics, full coverage, but first the headlines. At least seven deaths have now been reported in louisiana. The number of rescues has reached 20,000 after a Staggering Amount of rain, as much as 2 1 2 feet inside 72 hours in some places. From overhead, baton rouge this evening, were looking at a watery scene that is in some ways reminiscent of the aftermath of katrina. Ga ga gabe. Reporter now a federal disaster area. What are we looking at right here . A shopping center, clearly a major retail area. Reporter today a break from the downpours, but not from the heart break. Many rivers receding, but still at record levels. More than 7,000 people have been rescued in louisiana in the past few days, more than 12,000 or so have spent time in emer
Usain bolt wins again, and simone biles wins another gold. Are they the best athletes of alltime . Nightly news from rio begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting from the olympic summer games in rio. From the olympics, full coverage, but first the headlines. At least seven deaths have now been reported in louisiana. The number of rescues has reached 20,000 after a Staggering Amount of rain, as much as 2 1 2 feet inside 72 hours in some places. From overhead, baton rouge this evening, were looking at a watery scene that is in some ways ga ga gabe. Reporter now a federal disaster area. What are we looking at right here . A shopping center, clearly a major retail area. Reporter today a break from the downpours, but not from the heart break. Many rivers rece but still at record levels. More than 7,000 people have been rescued in louisiana in the past few days, more than 12,000 or so have spent time in emergency shelters. Life after the historic flood