Us. Heres what were watching. Thousands of homes are without power as Tropical Storm ophelia lashes the coast with strong winds and heavy rain. We have a look at the cities in the path and the impact well see throughout the day. Its quickly hurdling toward a shutdown as talks have broken down over a deal to fund the government. How federal agencies are preparing and the talks happening today to try to keep a shutdown happening. Hollywood writers and executives will meet again today to try to work out a deal to end the Writers Strike that has paralyzed the industry for months. What will it take to get production up and running again, even after a deal is made. Plus cnn taking you inside the new High Speed Rail Service connects parts of florida. Why some say it could usher in a new era of rail travel in the u. S. Lets start with Tropical Storm ophelia. It has now made landfall in North Carolina. This pretty strong Tropical Storm washed ashore about two hours ago with winds around 70 Mile
Mcshane. Glen hall. Independent women forum had hadly heed manning. What time frame were looking at. Looking like it is going in his direction. So much hundred unusual that whether it would get done minutia. They want this thing finalized by today. You start debates next week. Midweek the plan still is to have the president signing into law which is interesting because once you get to the end of next week, it is not talked about as much today, again were talking about all the details of getting this particular bill passed, you run up against the other deadline, making sure the government is funded, not shutting down next friday. Still trying to get you will of that done before then seems to be the rule. Neil i hear you. Glen, one thing you immediately hear of, as soon as one concession to made to senator to keep him in line you tick others off, right. You will hear others how we pay for it. Neil corker, why he was a no vote going in. Might remain a no vote. That is the challenge. They
Was going at but we do know that it can go in excess of 120miles an hour. Whether it happen at the top speed or nothing, everything in the region grant to a halt. We will keep you posted. Keeping you posted on a dow that continues raising ahead. Clearly looking at 17th record of the year. Last time we saw that was back in 1995 and the last time we saw Something Like this where we had 5,000 points gain in the dow, well, we have never seen anything like that. A lot of this propels by talks that the house of representatives is going to move very, very quickly at the end of the senate and president s desk, is that doable in rapid time frame, lets ask, chad. Chad, what are they looking to do . Later today theres going to be a meeting of house of representatives where they hear one last time kind of what they need to know about the bill, they dont think this is going to be a problem at the house of representatives and then they go to what is called the rules committee, parameters of debate,
Costars. Why did Mark Wahlberg reportedly make over a Million Dollars for reshoots while costar Michelle Williams reportedly got less than 1,000 . A hollywood uproar. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Distraught family members and neighbors have joined the grim search under way in california tonight for the missing in neighborhoods swept away by mud slides. There have been some dramatic rescues today from homes that are up to their roof tops in mud. But also a rising death toll. At least 15 following this weeks torrential rains. More than a hundred homes destroyed. And for some of those trapped, time is running out. The disaster is taking place two hours north of los angeles in montecito. Thats where we start with our National Correspondent miguel almaguer. Reporter tonight in montecito, the heartbreak is as overwhelming as the i dont know where she is. Reporter this is where hayden gower is searching for his mother, 69yearold
Traffic is backed up right to the maze at this point. Your ride along the eastshore freeway thats still in the green but it is foggy along the stretch and we are getting reports of an injury crash. This is involving a truck and a motorcycle reported to be blocking one lane. This is in oakland. Northbound 880 at 7th street do expect delays. Emergency crews are heading out to the scene. Well check in with neda on the forecast. The view of the bay bridge is now slowly going away because of the fog thats out there. This is transamerica looking east. And right around the water embarcadero area, we are starting to see more of that fog forming and it is pretty thick out there. But its been kind of swirling around the bay. A lot of areas around the coast seeing it. Visibility map showing where it is right now check your flights for delays because of fog in the area. Concord dropped to onemile visibility so its going to be near zero for some places in the north bay especially petaluma and napa.