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Smart phone maker. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, im Thomas Roberts in for lester tonight. We begin with states of emergency and the havoc of hermine. After slamming florida as a category 1 hurricane, the deadly system now downgraded to a Tropical Storm could potentially ruin americans, with Tropical Storm watches and warnings in place along the eastern seaboard from georgia to connecticut, heavy rain, flash floods, dangerous winds, rip currents all expected to pose serious threats in the coming days. States under emergency order tonight include virginia, north carolina, georgia and florida. And in the panhandle where hermine made landfall, residents are cleaning up from our Kerry Sanders is in the storm zone. Reporter in the florida panhandle, destruction and heart ache in the wake of hermine. The dock is under water as well. Reporter where the eyewall with 80mileperhour winds
Intensive care. His doctors at parker and venice hospital are still optimistic and say while hes critical, he is doing much better and opening his eyes, but it will take a long time for him to recover. We all knew this was his calling. Reporter it was evident from an early age detective dan brite wanted to be law enforcement. Douglas county investigators say last friday he took a bullet from caliber rifle. People ask how are you able to maintain composure . I was like well, he doesnt know it yet, but he and i are still in competition and even though hes winning, he doesnt know it, but through his strength is the reason why that were all being strong. A s. W. A. T. Medic right at the scene, a hospital minutes away, the doctors all helped save brites life. We wouldnt be here today if we didnt have the smart were on the scene, the access to a s. W. A. T. Medic immediately. Reporter a week later he is still in icu, but doctors are optimistic and for them if you ask, his care is personal. W
Responded to the arrest saying we have been made aware of some allegations brought forward involving a board member. However, we do not have any details on the situation. We are allowing the appropriate Law Enforcement agency to handle this matter. We recognize there are allegations and as such we will not speculate as to the facts of the situation. Bishaw will be in court next week. There has been a mrs. Trial in the case against a man accused of killing a single mother who lived a double life as a jurors in Grand Junction deliberated all week trying to reach a decision in the case against lester jones accused of kidnapping and killing paige burkefield. He was one of the last people to call her before she disappeared in 2007. Her remains were not found until five years later. Jones defense team said investigators had no physical evidence tying him to the death. Nine of the 12 jurors believed jones was guilty. Some of them talked about the the guilty, we wanted this and i saw you all d
Day present, the gift of life. And she was one of hollywoods first it girls. Tonight we remember mod squad actress peggy lipton. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening. The rain just hasnt stopped. Its already been a recordbreaking month for louisiana, texas and alabama. And tonight, that rain outpacing the drainage system in new orleans where the water stood at knee level in some areas today. The Severe Weather also causing flooding across mississippi and beyond. The dangerous system also spawning tornadoes like this one in campbell county, virginia, on saturday. As it all moves east tonight, the storm affecting major cities in the southeast. We begin with tammy leitner. Reporter tonight, this latest storm system pounding the south. Look at that. Reporter from tornadoes to unrelenting rain. The system already wreaking havoc across six states with more than a foot of rain from texas up to kansas and down to louisiana. Bringing recordbreaking rainfall to the sta