scrambling to cover the cost. and the swimmer defying the odds and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone when it rains it pours, but rarely like this tonight, an unraveling emergency continues to unfold across swaths of the southwest as severe flooding leaves several areas under water or caked in mud. in texas, arizona, and new mexico fast rising floodwaters triggered some harrowing rescues and shut down major thoroughfares. dallas coming off its second longest dry spell ever, 67 straight days without rain only to now be facing what weather experts say is a 1,000-year flood east of dallas, storm totals approaching 15 inches downtown dallas more than 12 1/2. at dfw airport 7.8 inches of rain falling in just 3 hours. now even as the weather system moves eastward, rain is still in the forecast for some hard-hit areas. miguel almaguer has a look at what they re facing reporter: the record rainfall in cities like
and ultimately leading to the mar-a-lago search warrant. nbc news has reached out to the doj, fbi, white house and former president trump spokesperson. we have not received responses yet. here is how jared kushner, the former president s son-in-law and white house advisor reacted. i m not familiar with what exactly the contents were. i think you have to be very careful with what you read and wait for the facts to develop. late yesterday in a move seemingly as political as legal, donald trump s attorneys filed a motion to block the doj from, quote, further review of seized materials until a special master is appointed. joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. nbc s mark caputo, kim wehle, former associate independent counsel in the white water investigation. glenn kirschner, former federal prosecutor and now an msnbc legal analyst. ken, i believe you have new reporting confirming what was reported by the new york times. walk us thro
Because the weather is one amazing story. Heres ashton and hes on it. We are on it, and we are tracking what will be an even warmer day today. We were in the upper 70s yesterday. Today well climb at least 5, 6, or 7 degrees over yesterday. Thats why i think todays record High Temperature could be in jeopardy. Now temperatures are in the 50s for most neighbors around denver neighborhoods around 30s in greeley. Heres the forecast, 85 degrees for the High Temperature later on today. If we get there, well tie the record set 54 years ago. Heres joe. Reporter ashton, good morning. Were sticking with highway 36 and i25 from copter 4. The traffic is moving along quite nicely, especially on and off the offramps. But of course as youre going eastbound on 270 expect the traffic to kind of pick up a little bit. Britt, though, we will have your complete metro area joe, thank you so much. Want to rip this off like a bandaid, the broncos have a lot of work ahead of them before taking on Brock Osweile
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You may remeeber taiwan was just hit by another typhoon just a week ago. That storm killed several people, it was one of the strongest forms ever to hit the region. Lets turn it over to lisa right now tracking what is happening in our own state today. It is eally quiet, winds coming in and out of the southwest at about 510 miles per hour. It is that southwesterly wind that will kick our temperatures up. 48 right now, low to mid early on, with our sunrise. And then some 70s by 12 oclock. By noon today we are already going to be warmer than where we were yesterday. By 3 oclock 82 degrees. A lot of sunshine today. Here is your first alert, we are well above normal. Castle rock a high of 78. Still a quiet drive for us here on this tuesday morning. Usually tuesdays are really busy. Traffic volume coming in from one 20th all the way down past 104th and on into downtown that drive. You can see 270 and 76 flowing. 225 the northbound side of 17th and just after colfax some heavy stop and go alr