As soon as we get more information and as soon as we hear from any family members if that happens in the next 30 minutes well certainly bring it your way. If not well have updates on news 3 live at three. The federal government calls opiate calls Prescription Drug abuse which is a really big problem in this community. Also nationwide. Its our countrys most pressing health crisis. More people now dying drugs than in car crashes. Thats hard to imagine if you put it into perspective. Krystal it is an awful stat. Governor Brian Sandoval and group of 500 industry and Health Experts are meeting right now at a summit on trying to prevent Prescription Drug abuse in nevada. Nathan oneal admits from the mgm hotel and resort where the twoday summit is taking place. Think of this as the first epidemic. Nevadas approach to saving more lives. On average at least one person dies from drug abuse in nevada every day. Thats according to new numbers from the cdc. This is a complex issue that is hijacking
Almost an entire soccer team of brazil with 76 people dead, a nation and an International Community in mourning. We have a lot to get to over the next 60 moneys. We want to start with politics. Ann thompson in front of trump tower in manhattan. Kasie hunt out on capitol hill. Steve kor thnacki here on set. Ann, i want to talk about the elaine cho pick. She is and lets be honest, an establishment pick. No stranger to washington. Reporter yes. She is very much of the swamp, if you will. Elaine cho bring chao served both president bush 41 and president bush 43. Under 41, she was the deputy secretary of transportation. And under 43, george w. Bush, she was the secretary of labor. The only member of his cabinet to serve all eight years of his administration. Shes also been director of the peace corps. So shes someone who really knows her way around washington. And thats going to be very important to president elect trump because one of his big Campaign Promises was to revitalize and repair
them. the millions of women who have them. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. and tonight we re going to take you to the middle of a desperate situation. the mayor of minot, north dakota told the people there today to pack up and get out. the army corps of engineers spokesman put it bluntly, a flood is coming. it s expected to break the all-time record there. 11,000 people are on the move tonight. we re talking about the river and the heavy rains have so far been unstoppable. the people of minot are in for a long night and a long couple of days and it s the latest disaster in what s already been such an awful season. nbc s kevin tibbles is there for us tonight and starts us off. kevin, good evening. reporter: massive flooding that threatens to overwhelm all records as the rapidly rising river behind me here threatens to devastate much of this city. [ sirens ] reporter: this afternoon the sound minot s residents have be
the men who have shown up from all over to lend a hand. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. the folks at the aarp often talk about the power that comes from their huge membership, the political clout from a constituent block that big. it s often been enough to block discussion of certain issues. like social security, always a hot one, and things like the retirement age in this country. when the aarp with all it s power and might in washington seemed to indicate it was willing to change its position, that made news today. and it s where we begin here tonight in washington with nbc s tom costello. tom, good evening. reporter: the headline this morning in the wall street journal is right here. reporting a bunch of stir reporting that aarp is dropping it s long standing tradition to cutting social security benefits because it has realized that change is inevitable so it had better be part of the discussion to minimize the f