Water, electricity, crime, wildfires. [sfx: bear roar] gavin, you ve failed. we have to immediately cut taxes twenty-five percent. fix housing and homelessness. and make life in california affordable again. i m a businessman, the only cpa running. shouldn t we choose ability this time? we must have a competent governor with management experience and outsider integrity. [sfx: bear roar] that describes only john cox. july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth. those scorching temperatures killing hundreds in the u.s., and it s raising new questions about why access to life-saving air conditioning is out of reach for so many americans miguel almaguer has more reporter: the oppressive heatwaves now gripping our nation are not only hotter but also deadly even in the cool pacific northwest, temperatures soared up to 116 degrees in portland this summer
On saturday. it will be hazy. sunday is the best day. try to get outside and get that fresh air. we ll see you at 6:00. right now lester holt in new york. tonight, president biden s pledge to americans trapped in afghanistan we will get you home the president vowing to mobilize every resource to evacuate americans as flights resume from kabul after an hours long pause. the president saying americans are being on blocked from the airport, but a trapped u.s. citizen saying that s not true. new images outside. the taliban in the streets. and heartbreaking video, a baby handed over the wall to a u.s. marine, and where that child is tonight. also, the secret state department cable warning of the country s collapse back in july the president asked
More danger for american soldiers. but today said he would consider authorizing specific rescue operations to retrieve americans and afghan allies caught beyond taliban checkpoints. lester kelly o donnell with the latest in the white house, thank you. and as the u.s. airlifts ramp back up, we are seeing images of violence and extreme desperation outside the walls of the kabul airport. our richard engel is with afghans leaving everything behind to flee the taliban reporter: taliban fighters marching through the streets, dressed in all white, the color of the taliban s flag and a symbol they re ready for martyrdom, while outside the last remaining u.s. base at kabul airport chaos continues. this is what crowds have to face to get inside shooting, violence, taliban whips. american troops worry if they open the gates, people will flood in
About that today we ll show you how he responded. breaking news on pfizer s covid vaccine. how soon the new york times reports the fda could give full approval and the new cdc warning for cruises. hurricane warnings up in the northeast as henri takes aim. new england bracing for its first hurricane landfall in 30 years the new track tonight. our nbc news investigation into hundreds of heatwave deaths this summer, and the first to make air conditioning not a luxury but a right the newly named host of jeopardy! stepping down ahead controversy. and the graduate defying the odds and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the military airlift to evacuate americans, allies, and afghans who worked for the u.s. appears tonight to be morphing into a broader refugee relief operation, one captured in some more gut-wrenching images of chaos and
Heartbreak outside the kabul airport. the pictures and first person accounts belying a more upbeat assessment of the mission so far by president biden today. the president pointing to the thousands successfully evacuated so far, and reiterating his promise to bring all americans home but the president also warning of potential danger as the u.s. relies on an uneasy alliance with the taliban to secure safe passage to the kabul airport. kelly o donnell begins our coverage. reporter: kabul s evacuation mission surrounded by desperation and danger the president under pressure, making this pledge let me be clear any american who wants to come home, we will get you home reporter: extending that to afghan citizens who worked with american military yes, yes, we re making the same commitment. reporter: flanked by his national security team today, the president pointed to progress. 13,000 have been