inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone forecasters are using terms like heat dome and atmospheric rivers to describe what is driving extreme weather conditions across the country tonight, from dangerous rain and flooding to crippling heat many will see triple-digit highs in fact over the course of the next seven days, over 250 million americans can expect temperatures 90 or hotter. and while drought-stricken parts of the west can t seem to buy a drop of rain, too much of it has fallen in montana and wyoming. it s been wiping out bridges, roads, and literally carrying houses away. yellowstone park closed tonight a crushing start to the park s busy vacation season. from tornado sirens blaring in chicago to fires in the west, this is already shaping up to be a summer to remember our team is in place to cover it all, starting tonight with gadi schwartz. reporter: tonight, weather extremes as destructive as they a
dollars in loans to help struggling small businesses during the pandemic the firm, r.e.r. solutions, got a no-bid $750 million contract the company netted $340 million in windfall profits despite assigning the work to just six of its employees, according to a u.s. house subcommittee report released today. why do you think the covid spending at that time was so out of control? because we did not have effective enforcement of the oversight procedures that congress put in place. reporter: the economic injury disaster loan program, known as eidl, has previously been under scrutiny as the justice department s inspector general told lester the small business administration in sending that money out largely relied on an honor system reporter: prosecutors had already accused some borrowers of using the money to buy luxury homes and cryptocurrencies now investigators are