On to director, and nancy ward, from california. Governors office of emergency services. Thank you, courtney. I am nancy ward, director of the california Governors Office of emergency services. We are here today because california is threatened by what could be one of the most devastating storms weve had Hit California in more than a decade. Make no mistake, this very, dangerous and significant storm. Heavy rainfall, strong winds associated with this storm began today already and will be felt well beyond the center of the storm entering california. I have been in near Constant Contact with governor newsom. He has pretty much told us to lean as far forward in coordinating and reassuring. We can respond as quickly as we possibly can. The State Senator beyond means being pushed 24 7 to coordinate those resource requests from the local stakeholders and counties, communities, across the southern part of the state to ensure that no needs are unmet in those areas. The state has the best train
Historic summit at camp david with the leaders of japan and south korea. On the agenda, confronting threats from china and north korea. Donald trump deciding to skip next weeks first gop president ial debate, and new reporting tonight, when will he surrender on new charges in georgia . Nbc news reports aboard an f16 fighter jet, the u. S. Today approving the shipment of f16s to ukraine, but how long will it take to train ukraines pilots to fly them . And after losing her restaurant in the fires, the top chef still cooking with compassion for maui. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome. Normally this time of year, people in the south and the east are keeping an eye open for potential hurricane threats. Tonight, however, in a historic weather twist, americans on the west coast are on alert with an eye on Hurricane Hilary as it races northward off the Baja Peninsula Parts of california are under the first Tropical Storm watch ever issued for that st
seeking a winner take all competition and that both countries should not let any disagreement hurt economic ties. tensions have flared over washington s efforts to limit chinese access to advanced computer chips. just this week, beijing tightened export restrictions on two rare minerals both used in the chip industry, but speaking earlier today janet yellen insisted the two economies must remain closely interlinked. i ve made clear that the united states does not seek a wholesale separation of our economies. we seek to diversify and not to decouple. a decoupling of the world s two largest economies would be destabilizing for the global economy, and it would be virtually impossible to undertake. i also made clear that actions we take to protect our national security are designed to be narrowly targeted and that they are premised on straightforward national security considerations, they re are not undertaken to gain economic advantage over china. we are joinded now by alici
this bus at 9:10 reporter: it slowed routes so much some students didn t get home until after dark. parents called police fearing kids were missing. school canceled for more than a week resumed today. it was bad. reporter: but the shortage looms some parents drove their kids after buses were late again this morning. they re inconveniencing us all around i love you. bye. reporter: others say the bus came on time how nervous were you going into today pretty nervous. i did go out and get some airtags, so i could keep track of their backpacks. reporter: jefferson county s superintendent notes the district has close to 600 drivers down from 900 a decade ago. we ve dramatically increased the pay over the past several years. i mean, we have bus drivers making upwards of $30 an hour we re going to have to look at some deeper issues reporter: for now the district leaning on short-term fixes like cutting stops, even tapping delivery giant u.p.s. for help streamlining routes
leaning on short term fixes like cutting stops, even tapping delivery giant u.p.s. for help strengthening routes and seen releasing an app letting parents track a his location. similar scrambles underway coast to coast, with a staggering 92% of school leaders nationwide short on bus drivers. it has now reached crisis levels, it was really exacerbated by the pandemic. back here in louisville, today marked the start of a staggered rip turn. next week highschoolers will also come back, testing this district even more. thanks to maggie for that report. that wraps it up for me, i m yasmin, i ll be back in the chair tomorrow at two pm eastern. simone starts now. now. good afternoon, you re watching simone. i am charles in for simone sanders townsend. former president trump is expected to charge turn himself in expected t as early as thurs.