secretary of state antony blinken arriving israel a short while ago. this is his second trip to the middle east in less than a month. blinken is expected to discuss ways to free the remaining hostages, minimize harm to palestinian civilians, and get all who want to leave gaza out. we ve seen americans and their families begin to come out of gaza, and we expect that to continue over the coming days. this has been a very deliberate effort on our part working with other countries to make sure we can get passage out for our citizens and citizens from other countries. blinken s trip comes as israeli ground forces now gaza city, surrounded. and air strikes continue to pound hamas targets inside the strip. the conflict has, according hamas officials, killed more than 9000 people in gaza. more than 1400 israelis have also lost their lives. secretary blinken also says while they re dealing with getting the hostages released and minimizing civilian deaths, now is also the time to come
one mother s warning announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. atlanta authorities say nothing is off the table as they work to understand the motive behind tuesday s deadly spa attacks tonight we re learning more about the eight victims. six of them are of asian descent. the attacks striking deeper fear and anger across asian american communities feeling increasingly vulnerable amid a growing wave of violence against them. president biden s previously scheduled trip to atlanta tomorrow to now include a face-to-face meeting with community members there. we are also tonight closely watching covid numbers. there are some unsettling signs and a bit later a story every parent should watch about fake pills masking the deadly drug fentanyl and the horrible consequences so a lot to get to tonight. let s start with a late report from atlanta and blayne alexander. reporter: tonight with families in mourning from atlanta s korean community t
The nasdaq also closed in the red down 19. The s p lost 25. Todays losses may not seem that bad on their own. But they do come on the heels of that 588point drop for the dow yesterday and, um, lets see here, they mark a lot of 1700 points in the last four trading days. Experts say for the near future, expect volatility. People need to bear in mind that were entering a pretty volatile seasonal period for the markets, september october. The current turmoil can be traced to china where the economy is slowing and the government devalued its currency. Subway train operators are worried about their safety. Cbs 2s dick brennan talked to at 5 00. I was dazed for a second. Im like wow, he just hit me. Reporter this train operator never saw it coming. Saturday night in the essex street station a passenger pushed in his cab door on his j train and then unloaded on him. They opened the door. Face. Anything. Do . He punched me. Three passengers tried to also. Reporter it was one of three incidents
We have Team Coverage tonight. Miguel Martinez Valle talked to guests who were forced out of their rooms. But we start with Cyndi Lundeberg about the power outage. And what comes next. Like you said. Thousands of people three thousand to be exact were displaced including guests and gamblers some even were tapped in elevators. Firefighters went dooor to door on all 33 levels looking for anyone left behind just before 10 oclock. The paris the cause . Construction crews hit a power line in the basement. The Fire Department decided it was on everybodys best interest including staff to evacuate itll stay evacuated until the chief decides a full evacuation of the property was ordered at noon after the generators failed to kick in. 3,000 people were displaced from the 29 hundred rooms at the resort. No one went to the hospital but there were close calls. Few anxiety cases but no one went to the hospital stand firefighter rescued 11 people a firefighter called the casino eerie since it was so