Violence and oppression. And lying to save people and for the common good is a topic of jacob the lawyer 100. 00 german must really believe. Venice is still flooded and did the latest. 80 percent of this the goon city off the northeast coast of italy on the water 3 of the worst 10 floods since records began 120 years ago have happened in the last week now salt water is no good for many things including priceless works of art and the foundations of historic buildings. The record high tides have brought venice to its knees known for its canals and Gondolas Venice has always been a city of water but its never experienced a week like this one the socalled or high water flooded the citys historical buildings including many of its most famous monuments water flowed into st marks
basilica submerging in script and covering the Churchs Mosaic Floors the extent of the damage cant yet be established but its expected to be significant a member of the board responsible for maintenance of the basili
reporter: officials say it is important to take proactive steps to stay safe. take a cool shower, cover windows with drapes or shades, and don t rely on a fan as your primary cooling device. they can give a false sense of comfort without actually reducing body temperature. if your car breaks down, stay with the car especially if the air conditioning is working. because you just want to stay inside, stay cool until someone can help. reporter: meanwhile there is some relief for millions of americans who have been dealing with smoky air tainted by canadian wildfires. with exceptions for massachusetts and eastern virginia, air quality is expected to get better today. elsewhere, still more rain. another bout of flooding swept through new jersey tuesday, submerging cars and causing more damage. and back to that heat, it is actually also putting pressure on hospitals. workers say that more and more people are coming into be
and the major announcement from billy joel. why he is no longer in a new york state of mind. i m in a new york state of mind announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas, in for lester tonight. we begin with that extreme weather creating chaos in parts of texas right now. this video just coming into our newsroom. look at this, highways under water, cars there submerged, drivers forced to abandon their vehicles. even a fire engine trying to make it through the flooding. and on this first day of hurricane season, we re now tracking this, a storm system growing in the gulf of mexico. late today, that storm was upgraded to a tropical depression, and it s set to soak florida over the next few days. priscilla thompson starts us off tonight from texas. reporter: water rushing on to a highway in western texas, submerging cars and forcing drivers to
hopefully getting temperatures to cool back down will alleviate some of those intense concerns for a lot of the firefighters and hopefully they can get containment numbers back up in the coming days. here s a question for you. are sea levels rising, or is manhattan sinking? turns out it s both. a new geological study found that the island is sinking due to the weight of its enormously heavy buildings. but rising sea levels and other natural disasters are also contributing to this sinking feeling. now the army corps of engineers is seeking out ways to keep manhattan from submerging. cnn chief climate correspondent bill weir explains. reporter: we now have the answer to the question how much does new york city weigh?