by her. they deserve everything. and i wouldn t be serena if there wasn t venus. for my husband and everyone and their thoughts. once in a lifetime or once in a generation there are certain athletes who come along and they transcend the sport. we saw it with tiger woods. we saw it with michael jordan. serena to me she did that for tennis. she changed wearing your emotions on your sleeve and being who you are. she made it a more welcoming and inviting sport for everyone. she revolutionized it just by being herself. she was so dominant for so long, especially at the most difficult time to be dominant in womens sports and womens tennis. she has never allowed anybody to dictate what she ll say or what she ll do. serena has always played on and off the court on her terms. com e on. hi. so this is from serena s essay she wrote in her book. i never wanted to have to choose between tennis and family. if i were a guy i wouldn t be writing this. because i d be out the
mass shooting. additionally there s new word how his father apparently helped him obtain a gun license he likely should not have had given the red flags in his recent past. this young man who apparently had attempted suicide and yet his father helped him get a gun license. more on all of it shortly. first, though, because we now have the names of all seven people killed. we want to begin with who they were. he d just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary. his wife and four daughters were everything to him. his daughter telling cnn he would have turned 70 on friday. despite being the oldest victim at 88, steven strausss was still active, still enjoying life according to one grandson. nicholas toledo had eight children, countless grandchildren. one of them describes him as a loving man who was creative, adventurous and funny. in highland park from mexico visiting family he was 78. taught preschool, served on the staff of a local citadel, just couldn t find a lovelier person.
contemplated an additional mass shooting. there s new word about how his father helped him obtain a gun license he likely should not have had given the red flags in his past. a young man who had attempted suicide and yet his father helped him get a gun license. more on all of it shortly. first, though, because we have the names of all seven peoplekilled, we want to begin with who they were. eduardo uvaldo had just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary. his wife and four daughters were everything to him. his daughter telling cnn that he would have turned 70 on friday. despite being the oldest victim at 88, stephen straus was still active, still enjoying life, according to one grandson. another agreed, and i m quoting here, america s cultural worship of guns is deadly, it kills grandfathers. and it certainly did in this case. nicolas toledo had eight children, countless groundchildren, one of whom describes him as a loving man who was creative, adventurous and funny. in hig
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
and good morning to you, it is saturday, august 27th. i am ali velshi, we are learning more about why the federal government destroy their decision to conduct the unprecedented surge on the former presidents private residence and why a federal judge granted the warrant for them to do. at less than 24 hours ago, redacted copy of the affidavit for that search warrant was unsealed. the document is what the justice department submitted to a federal judge to convince him to approve the search of mar-a-lago, so that fbi agents could recover the box of materials that properly belong to the united states government, many of which turned out to be classified documents. the affidavit does not contain proof of a crime. but it details why the justice department believes it has probable cause to believe that a crime may have been committed. the justice department calls the affidavit, quote, a roadmap to the government s ongoing investigation. that is why about half of the 38-page document