[000 00 58;00] nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening in what has already been an exceptionally destructive week for tornados we saw still more today. There was touchdowns in texas and kansas. Tonight forecasters say there is an enhanced risk of severe weather, including hail, lightning and tornados extending from southern nebraska to kansas tonight. Several strong tornados likely into the evening and so take a look right now we are keeping a close eye on these live video streams are coming from some of the Storm Chasers spanned out in the danger zone scanning the skies for trouble. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in abilene, kansas watching it all unfold. Reporter late today a new round of severe storms slamming several states. A tornado touching down in brian, texas, another in north east, kansas. Kansas. The relentless wild weather grounding flights in colorado and forcing the brief evacua
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The Pentagon is scrambling to fill a growing chasm in the recruitment ranks that next year will result in America's military being the smallest it has been since before the start of World War II.
Congress and the Pentagon are battling over a legal requirement to create a joint military task force in the Pacific needed for a possible future conflict with China, but so far the military is slow-rolling the mandate with a lesser force, according to lawmakers and congressional aides.
U.S. forces in the Pacific are increasing multinational military exercises over mounting fears among regional states over Chinese aggression, according to the admiral in charge of the Navy's largest fleet.