behind one of the most iconic movie themes of all time announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening ancient history is facing an immediate and uncertain future tonight in one of the most cherished slices of america a wildfire roaring through parts of california s yosemite park, threatening hundreds of giant sequoias some more than 2,000 years old. tonight crews literally using a network of sprinklers to create humidity around the towering trees to give them a fighting chance. remarkable imagery revealing the spread and intensity of the fire, which doubled in size over the weekend. the fire fueled by the severe drought now affecting over 97% of california, along with extreme heat which is not just making things difficult in the west, but extending all the way to the gulf coast, leaving 36 million under heat alerts. miguel almaguer is in the fire zone tonight with late details. reporter: exploding in size again overnight, yosemite s washburn fire i
the attack but switched to a homemade gun instead. still in the wake of tragedy, japanese voters heading to the polls, an election abe was campaigning for when he was shot leaders holding a moment of silence before announcing results. a landslide victory for abe s party and now a huge majority in parliament a private funeral will be held for shinzo abe on tuesday and officials say a public memorial service will be announced at a later time. lester janice, thank you. it is a race against time in ukraine where crews are searching for survivors after an apartment building was hit by a russian missile killing at least 33 people as russia gains ground in the east, attacks on civilians appear to be escalating ellison barber is there for us reporter: tonight the russian military intensifying its relentless assault on civilians, striking an apartment building in kharkiv. and in eastern donetsk, officials say dozens are dead after a russian missile hit this five-story apartment building o
Carolyn Dupler Roberts Hosking passed from Bakersfield, CA to her heavenly home June 30, 2022. She was born September 2, 1940 on a farm in Comanche County, Oklahoma to Archie
zenyatta trying to hold on! from dead last to a photo finish the greatest female horse in history and within inches of a living legend. today is sunday, november 7, a living legend. today is sunday, november 7, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good sunday morning. welcome to today. i m lester holt. i m jenna wolfe. you know zenyatta is going, i can t watch again. please don t show it to me. such a close finish. what makes it amazing is the start. she was at the back of the pack and it s a photo finish. this is a great story. she drinks pints of guinness, has been profiled in magazines including o. the 6-year-old nearly ended without a single loss. she was 19-0 coming into the race and she s a friendly horse. she drinks beer. who s not friendly that drinks beer? more on the last race coming up. and to india where the president and first lady are on day two of the ten-day trip. the goal is jobs and they are having a little fun. yesterday t
from dead last to a photo finish the greatest female horse in history and within inches of a living legend. today is sunday, november 7, a living legend. today is sunday, november 7, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good sunday morning. welcome to today. i m lester holt. i m jenna wolfe. you know zenyatta is going, i can t watch again. please don t show it to me. such a close finish. what makes it amazing is the start. she was at the back of the pack and it s a photo finish. this is a great story. she drinks pints of guinness, has been profiled in magazines including o. the 6-year-old nearly ended without a single loss. she was 19-0 coming into the race and she s a friendly horse. she drinks beer. who s not friendly that drinks beer? more on the last race coming up. and to india where the president and first lady are on day two of the ten-day trip. the goal is jobs and they are having a little fun. yesterday they took part in a traditional