City. he went to broadway. i just thought it was stage fright coming to me for the first time in my life. reporter: and earned a tony in enter laughing. four years later in the russians are coming, the russians are coming. he g got his firirst of four oscar nonominations.s. jesus, , i m tired.d. r reporter: eventutually he wowon as the cantankerous but caring grandfather in little miss sunshine. you are the most beautiful girl in the whole world. reporter: despite just 14 minutes of screen time. an author and director as well over a seven-decade career. though talented, alan arkin never seemed to be acting. anne thompson, nbc news. and that s nightly news for this friday. thanks for watching, everyone. i m lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good nigight.
Getting late and i suspect most missed the early bird special at the sizzler so they were getting a little cantankerous, mike who is a friend of mine came by and said some things, probably in haste, as a lot of us do and probably responded to him with some things. okay. people in california are bracing for another wave of rain and snowstorms. storms are expected to dump even more water on overwhelmed areas. more than 15 million people at this hour in california are under flood watches until at least early next week and the power has reportedly gone out already for more than half a million homes and businesses. now up to 6 inches of rain is expected to fall right across the region through sunday morning. flash floods and landslides also expected. heavy snowfall is predicted for the sierras as well. in our next hour we will have a live report from the cnn weather