Election. But the judge today urging prosecutors to get cohen to stop making public statements about the case before his showdown with his former boss in court. Also tonight, the deadly storm slamming florida, a possible tornado hitting tallahassee, widespread damage. At least one person killed just out the Biden Administration report highly critical of israels actions in gaza, but finding it did not violate its us weapons agreement. As israel prepares to invade rafah over us warnings, police arresting dozens of protesters at penn and mit as colleges try to keep commencements on track this weekend. And the controversy in virginia, a School Board Voting to restore confederate names to schools, the scary moment at the italian open, tennis superstar Novak Djokovic struck in the head by a water bottle and collapsing what we know and the spectacular show tonight, why the Northern Lights may be visible as far as the deep south. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welc
Oklahoma and texas. Tonight, damage, roofs ripped off homes. Tens of millions at risk through the weekend. Were tracking it. Also tonight, the new witnesses in Donald Trumps hush money trial including his longtime assistant. What she told the jury about Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal, two women who claim to have had affairs with the former president. The major shift for President Biden now saying hes happy to debate donald trump. How mr. Trump is responding. The massive inferno. A train carrying gasoline and propane derailing in new mexico. The new crackdown as propalestinian demonstrations spread on campuses, and after usc canceled its main commencement, will other schools follow . Our nbc news investigation, our crews in gaza documenting several deadly strikes in zones where israel told displaced civilians theyd be safe. The promising news in king charles battle with cancer and when he plans to return to his royal duties. And after falling on hard times, the town that was saved by
[ cheers and applause steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests idris elba aubrey plaza sofia carson musical guest, lauren spencersmith and featuring the legendary roots crew questlove 1695 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause jimmy oh, my goodness. Thats what im talking about. Welcome, everybody welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show, everybody. Thank you for being here [ cheers and applause thank you for watching well, guys, it was a big weekend for president biden. Senate democrats passed the historic Inflation Reduction Act, the economy added more than half a million new jobs, and he finally tested negative for covid. [ laughter and applause so, he was he was able to leave the white house for the first time in over two weeks [ light laughter ] and this is great. When he emerged from hibernation, he predicted six more we
good morning. good to be with you. boy, it has been a very long time. i m anne-marie green, and i m glad to be back. we have a lot of news get to. this morning we re learning more about the man who was shot and killed as protests turned violent on the streets of poportland. the victim was killed after police say a caravan of president trump s supporters clashed with protesters saturday night. people were spotted running after two gunshots rang out on the streets of downtown portland. the city s mayor is now pointing the finger at president trump for instigating the deadly shooting. laura podesta is in new york. laura, what s the mayor saying? reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the mayor during a press conference had very harsh words for president trump saying, quote, it s you who s created the hate over the last four years. he also called the president racist and sexist. get back in your car what you gonna do? reporter: clashes between president trump supporters an
u.s. open begins in a few hours in new york city. coronavirus concerns mean there will not be any fans or a number of top players, including men s defending champion rafael nadal. those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 31st. good monday morning. thank you for starting your week with us. will reeve is going to be with us all week. we begin this half hour with the devastation in louisiana days after hurricane laura. at least 18 people were killed in louisiana and texas. more than 300,000 still in the dark with no electricity in louisiana. and officials say power and water outages could last for weeks. some people are now living in hundreds of thousands of people still in dire need. no electricity or water. in hard-hit lake charles, many are living in their cars with temperatures feeling like the triple digits. we just do the best that we can. if it rains, we stand out in the rain just to cool ourselves off. reporter: this new drone video showing hurr