the u.s. coast. house republicans voting to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress, but will it go any further than that? and remembering the nba legend whose silhouette became the league s logo. lebron and jordan paying tribute tonight to the great jerry west. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. we are watching an extraordinary weather story unfold in south florida tonight. the rain just not stopping. for a second day, a slow-motion system triggering intense downpours and flash flooding. tonight, flash flood warnings and emergencies are posted into the evening. many streets are impassable. cars have been left stranded. adding insult to injury, the risk of lightning and severe wind gusts. rain totals in the last two days across southern florida exceeding a foot in some places with no relief expected before saturday. downpours just this afternoon falling at an estimated rate of four to six inches per
touching down, cutting off a community. we re in the storm zone. also tonight, the new twist in the deadly hijacking of a transit bus in atlanta. the suspect by chance speaking to tv cameras hours before the chaos. what he said about his struggles with mental health. the mass casualty incident in illinois. three sheriff s deputies shot as they entered a home with a barricade suspect. president biden in italy for the g7 summit. the new security agreement he s expected to sign with ukraine as russian warships reach cuban waters 90 miles off the u.s. coast. house republicans voting to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress, but will it go any further than that? and remembering the nba legend whose silhouette became the league s logo. lebron and jordan paying tribute tonight to the great jerry west. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. we are watching an extraordinary weather story unfold in south fl
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we are live at the scene. deadly hacking. new reports uss mccain experienced a steering failure, moments before colliding with an oil tanker. the navy launching investigation into possible cyber sabotage. the search for ten missing sailors continues this morning. those stories, plus nearly $500 million awarded in a lawsuit, linking baby powder to cancer. an infant pulled out alive from a deadly earthquake. and the best and the brightest from the eclipse 2017. from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. nice to have you with us. craig melvin is here, as well. matt is in washington. he s at the white house with a big interview. hey, matt, good morning. nice to see you both. i m here at the white house, to talk to the vice president of the united states, mike pence, who happens to be sitting across from me. we re doing this intervi
thanks for joining us. i m kris sanchez. they re just wrapping up a news conference condemning white nationalists. they re headed to a rally set to take place on sunday in the city. however, organizers of that rally also condemning white nationalists. nbc bay area s pete suratos live to sort all this out. pete? reporter: good morning to you, marcus. the rally set to take place in berkeley this sunday made an impromptu appearance saying she is denationalizing white supremacist groups. i asked her point blank how she felt about her event on sunday being associated with those groups. i do not support white supremacy. white supremacists are not welcome at thi my rally. we do not want hate people there. we do not want violence there. if anybody intends on violence, do not come to my rally. reporter: he is the organizer of a marxist rally set to take place at martin luther king jr. park on sunday. he identifies as a transgender female and embraces the diversity. he said thi