sales plunging as mortgage rates rise. what it means for buyers and sellers. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone as the heat tightens its scorching grip, in some places, it s one eye on the thermometer and the other on the electricity meter. texas in particular seeing nearly unprecedented power usage as triple-digit temperatures continue to drive people indoors, testing the power grid nationwide electric bills are already expected to climb 20% over last year, to a average of $540. roughly a third of americans right now under heat alert yesterday saw a dozen record highs broken. more expected today. parts of the desert southwest could see a dangerous 115 degrees. and th heat now pumping into the east and south washington, d.c., bracing for a possible high of 100 by sunday. philadelphia under a heat advisory through the weekend. ou team in place tonight with the very latest and we begin with sam brock reporter: the blistering heat
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america, there is a group being targeted by the conservative movement to rollback your basic rights. it is right out of the authoritarian playbook, and now targeting librarians. this hour, the battle against freedom of choice in my home state of texas. republicans want to punish women who seek abortion care. we will talk to a texas democrat who is doing all she can to fight back. this is american voices. we start with breaking suit news out of uvalde texas. the texas house investigative committee today released a new report on the shooting at robb elementary that left 19 children and two teachers dead. last, our committee officials in uvalde had a press conference on their preliminary report. if there s one thing that i can tell you, it is that there were multiple systemic failures. i would invite everybody to read the entire report. you cannot cherry pick one sentence and use it to say everything without reading it all together, and with context. but if we need a simple ph