nightly news with lester holt. good evening from houston where i am on assignment working on a story for a future broadcast but our top story tonight, the flooding catastrophe in kentucky where officials say at least 19 people have died including children with a toll expected to climb. authorities are not even sure how many people are still missing with fresh concern about more life-threatening flash floods this weekend. urgent rescues in boats and from helicopters continue with crews saving hundreds already. the governor telling me on thursday it s by far the worst flooding disaster in his lifetime 6 more inches of rain are expected in parts of the already devastated region. northeast tennessee, southwest virginia and west virginia also in the storm zone. all of it accentuating a climate crisis that is causing more intense and frequent severe weather emergencies around the world we have it all covered tonight beginning with maggie vespa in hard hit kentucky. reporter: i
For the Prime Minister it is continuity, the risk he says of Swapping Leader in the midst, of what he believes, is the beginning of an economic recovery. For keir starmer it is change, and an end he says to the tory chaos. We will hear plenty of that in the weeks ahead. And we will hear it in every corner of the country. The Prime Minister has already been to events in england, wales and scotland today. The labour leader travelled to kent. The Liberal Democrats and the snp out and about and competing in the key, swing seats. Our political editor, chris mason has been tracking them all day. Applause. Placards and cheers and a baby is getting attention from politicians. Keir starmer is quite a fan of visiting Lower League Football grounds and places he hopes labour can win. He was in gillingham in kent this morning, his deputy with him too. Thank you. Whatever Service People try and access these days, they find its like wading through treacle. Red cards arent usually welcome for folk on
Americas late news, fox news night. Breaking tonight from College Campuses to big city streets, the anti israel protesters now expanding the reach across with angry crowds as you see hitting the streets of atlanta, which has a very bad history of dangerous demonstrations and tensions arising at the University Of Washington after activists tried to ban conservative commentator Charlie Carrick from speaking oncampus angular that make his presence would let her know their First Amendment rights. His speech continuing as of now as protesters hold a Computing Rally for rafah event. Meantime anti israel sentiment continuing to bubble up on campuses across the country, we have team fox coverage, Ashley Strohmier, but First Matt Finn at the Fashion Institute of technology. Good evening. Hello trays, our understanding is this is a lasting him when he a New York City and its pretends. Theres a huge police force here right now, the special Response Group here, we see officers with zip ties ready
Former President Trump said former GOP presidential primary candidate Chris Christie is “desperately searching for a TV job” after he dropped out of the 2024 race earlier this week. “Chris Christie is ‘kaput,’ strangely deciding to drop out prior to New Hampshire, where he has put in so much time, effort, and money,” Trump posted…