chris christie says that he can announce the coming days in mike pence is launching a super pac. all eyes are on ron desantis. the florida governor is especially to officially get into the race next week. and he is giving his biggest tease yet. we just completed what i would say is the boldest and most far-reaching agenda that would see in the modern history of a republican party. if you look at what we been able to accomplish their summing in there for anybody. in terms of the issues that we tackle and at the end of the day where country needs to be about. is this idea that it really matter where you start from just that people have an opportunity do big things in this country and that has been true historically when he to make sure that it s true again. speeforty also reportedly telling donors that he is only republican who can beat present joe biden. right now in the polls were present donald trump is the front runner by a big margin. while the republican race is buzzing
severe road damage as well. the california national guard is now on the scene in santa cruz to support emergency services. for some residents, the rising water is simply too much. we can t live like this. how do you live like this? how do i have my kids here? how do i have my elderly mother live here where i carry her out of the house? cnn s mike valerio and cnn meteorologist brit rits are tracking the latest. reporter: this is the heart of the flood rescue response effort. if you look around us, the area is inundated. as you mentioned at the top of the show, it is flooded because we have this levy upstream that failed around midnight local time, so as the front quickly comes through, that water is dumped around us. what we ve been seeing since we moved positions from the berry farm we talked to you last time until now, national guard troops have been coming up and down the central drag for several hours now rescuing people. you can just see the extent of the water. and
theme you re listening to right now on making history at this year s oscars announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we re glad you re with us tonight a double murder case that has drawn national attention with a prominent south carolina family at its center is inching toward its conclusion tonight with the prosecution resting its case against alex murdaugh, but not before the jury saw for itself the family property where the former attorney allegedly shot and killed his wife and son. the jury driven to the crime scene. later in the courtroom the lead prosecutor delivered his closing arguments telling jurors murdaugh was the only one with the motive, means, and opportunity to commit the murders, and painting murdaugh as someone whose financial misdeeds were about to be exposed and killed his wife and son to buy time to figure a way out. murdaugh has denied committing the murders. catie beck has more for us tonight reporter: alex murdaugh was l
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