extensive flash flooding, and that s where we find nbc s maggie vespa. fill us in. reporter: we ll begin in mayfield, kentucky, with a bit of a hopeful sight. the water here overnight definitely started to recede, but that break is not expected to last long. another round of severe showers and storms is headed to this still soaked community as this brutal one-two punch of heat and rain takes aim at millions nationwide. dueling hallmarks of this summer s severe weather stretch. trees are down all over i-95. reporter: in north carolina, a confirmed ef-3 tornado near rocky mount, wind speeds up to 150 miles per hour wreaking havoc on a highway and destroying part of this manufacturing facility owned by the drug maker pfizer. we really don t know exactly what the amount of injuries or if there s any deaths at this time. meanwhile, farther west, more devastation. kentucky the latest state to get slammed with violent flash floods. in hard hit mayfield, initial
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matthew, this seems to be a much more sprawling probe compared to the classified documents case. does that make it harder to prove? no, i think if you re looking at potential conspiracy charges, the fact that this is widespread, it gives you more points of evidence it gives the prosecutor more points of evidence to cite. this was a broad scheme, this was an attempt across seven different states to pressure state legislatures, to pressure state election officials. to pressure the vice president of the united states, to overturn a free and fair election. so it is, you know, just by its nature going to be a broad case, but i don t think that i think that actually helps rather than hurts. matthew sanderson, joyce vance, ryan reilly, vaughn hillyard, thank you all for being part of this discussion. and when we re back in 60 seconds, an onslaught of extreme weather from floods to tornados. who is at risk today? plus, a new flash point over
expected to testify before the grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll get information from pete aguilar. also on capitol hill, democratic presidential candidate robert f. kennedy jr. testifying before a house panel probing what it calls the weaponization of the u.s. government. how many in his own party are pushing back. meantime, the said judiciary committee is set to vote today on a new code of ethics for the supreme court. we ll talk about that, i should say, with senator alex padilla of the senate judiciary. more extreme weather as a tornado cuts a path of destruction in north carolina. somewhere someone on the west coast is waking up to a whole lot richer bank account soon. the sole winner of the massive powerball jackpot.
reports show nearly a foot of rain falling since midnight. if verified, it would smash the state s decade-old record for the most rain in 24 hours. water swallowing neighborhoods and submerging cars. started coming through the side walls, opened up the back door and it started gushing inside the house. reporter: jeremy martin scrambled to get his fiancee and their five kids out. like, it s ruined, and we don t have renters insurance. it sucks. reporter: authorities say no injuries have been reported. kentucky s governor declaring a state of emergency urging people to heed evacuation warnings. remember we can replace stuff and we can rebuild homes. we don t want to lose any lives. reporter: these floods, fresh trauma for mayfield, a community still healing from 2021 s monster ef-4 tornado that killed close to 60 people just before christmas, with another severe system barrelling east, weather-ravaged communities brace once again as violent signs of our climate crisis intensi