hurts working americans and help the rich and of course climate and the private jets. john kerry or whatever. what are we to make of the main focus of their screaming these days? they are a threat to our very democracy. that our democracy. extreme threat to our democracy. attacking our democracy. our democracy. our democracy. steve: republicans are threat to our democracy. really? didn t they push early voting to nullify the election campaign and protecting incumbents sending out ballots just after labor day which anything can happen in two months something wild like debates between the candidates. sorry you cannot change your vote. to rate it is early voting. you are political outsider to politics to get your name out there when voter start to pay attention sorry to me early voting. do republicans do that? now we know why. and we know that the republicans close well. that s why democrats want early voting is not about saving our democracy but their political sk
severe storms slamming parts of the northeast. nearly 14 million on alert for powerful thunderstorms. rob marciano timing it all out. also developing tonight, the plunge on wall street. investors reacting to tough words from the fed chair. the dow dropping more than 1,000 points. jerome powell saying more pain and rate hikes are ahead to bring down inflation and hold back a possible recession. rebecca jarvis breaking it down. the battle of the drug giants over the covid vaccine. moderna suing pfizer, saying its rival copied its technology. how pfizer is responding tonight, and what this could mean for the future of the covid shot. the dire warning from ukraine. the head of the country s nuclear agency telling abc news just how dangerously close the country s largest nuclear plant was to catastrophe and how it could happen again. one louisiana mother s personal struggle for an abortion. doctors recommending she terminate her nonviable pregnancy, but she says she was de
hearing their lawyers closing arguments. johnny depp is suing his former wife for an article she wrote in which she said she was a victim of domestic abuse. coming up in 25 minutes or so, a full round up of the means. but now it is time for newscast. alex and chris, on an episode of newscast the other day we were talking about a new rock opera about tony bland i said i would love it if there is a newscast musical and i said but please, don t put too much effort into it. don t do a demo of a whole newscast musical. jeff has done a demo of a newscast musical. that s the first amazing thing and the second thing is he taking lots of newscast characters and written songs about them based on actual musicals. so there is one about chris mason based onjesus christ superstar. here isjeff serenading you in the style of andrew lloyd webber. thanks guys! that was brilliant. well done jeff. thanks guys! that was brilliant. well done jeff. that is a work of musical genius. well done jef
sick and tired of us putting weak people in washington representing you and they re not doing it. in november we re not just going to see a red wave. we re going to see a tsunami. i ve been pushing to take the republican party in a different direction. that s why i got in here. i could not sit back and watch this train reck happen. my motto of one georgia is not a gimmick. it is a guarantee. i m confident about my chances tomorrow. and because i stood on the truth. let s begin the hour right there. democracy at work as we speak. polls open in georgia, texas, alabama, arkansas, minnesota. all holding primary or runoff elections. two trump grudge matches here in georgia. they get the most attention, but the power of the bush brand tested in a texas runoff. we ll get clues about the shifting politics of abortion rights from a house runoff in southwest texas. i hope you ll stay with us throughout the day. this race here, this georgia republican primary for governor
Foreign power. The growing calls for him to resign even in his own party. Also tonight, Tropical Storm ophelia taking aim. The path from North Carolina up the east coast. The United Autoworkers expanding their strike across 20 states. How it could impact you if you need a car repair. And the invitation to President Biden. Will he join the picket line . New images of the surge at the border. Were inside a shelter talking to migrants. Why they say they converged on one small texas town. News on that f35 fighter jet that went missing. The 911 call after the pilot ejected and landed in a backyard. Youll hear what he and the stunned homeowner told the dispatcher. The deadly bus crash involving a high school band. The band director and a retired teacher killed. The investigation. And ukraines stolen children. One mothers 3,000mile journey to bring her son home. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. A highranking democratic u. S. Senator, who is no st