beloved member of the nbc family al roker s tribute to the legendary willard scott. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight growing questions about how so many died from the powerful remnants of hurricane ida, and the new images coming in what police were up against when they tried to rescue a family trapped in a basement apartment water everywhere children s toys floating on the surface, and zero visibility underwater. the family, like so many in basement apartments here, did not make it out alive. and there are new fears right now in the south. a new flash flood watch issued in and around new orleans with some areas facing up to 4 inches of more rain half a million residents there are still without power in the scorching heat all of this as the death toll continues to climb, especially in the northeast where president biden is set to visit and it s where we start tonight with gabe gutierrez in queens, n
nypd officers dove into floodwaters in an attempt to rescue residents trapped below. covid and schools. across the country more than 1,000 districts have closed for in-person learning this fall, and chilling new video of one father confronting a school principal over covid rules threatening to zip tie her hands and perform a citizen s arrest. i felt threatened i felt scared. defiance in afghanistan. the brave women marching for their rights, and the violent crackdown by the taliban. and we remember a beloved member of our family who may have felt like a member of yours. the tributes pouring in for willard scott announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening hurricane ida hit louisiana one week ago, but its impact is still changing lives this weekend hundreds of residents had to evacuate their homes again. this time due to the dangerous heat and lack of power. the situation there is dire the power expected to be out for weeks hospitals are over
republican from blue state maryland, and andy beshear, the democratic governor of red state kentucky. plus the newly elevated fight over abortion. texas enacts the most restrictive abortion law in the country, dismaying abortion rights advocates. as a matter of reality, roe versus wade is a dead letter in texas today. the supreme court lets the law stand for now, cheering abortion opponents. a child is a child. this person is a person. my guests this morning, former democratic senator claire mccaskill of missouri and former republican congresswoman barbara comstock of virginia. also, long-term power outages in louisiana. record rainfall and flooding in the northeast. what hurricane ida tells us about the threat of climate change. joining me for insight and analysis, yamiche alcindor, the moderator of washington week, washington post contributing columnist, matt bai, betsy woodruff swan of politico, and republican strategist brendan buck. welcome to sunday. it s
of red state kentucky. plus, the newly elevated fight over abortion. texas enacts the most restrictive abortion law in the country, dismaying abortion rights advocates. as a matter of reality, roe v waid is a dead letter in texas today. and the supreme court lets the law stand for now. a child is a child. this person is a person. my guests this morning, former democratic senator claire mccaskill of missouri and former republican congresswoman barbara comstock of virginia. also, long term power outages in louisiana. record rainfall and flooding in the northeast. what hurricane ida tells us about the threat of climate change. joining me for insight and analysis are yamiche al alcindor from the washington post columnist matt buy, betsy swan and brandon buck. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. and a good sunday morning. the u.s. enters th
mohammed ali. the afghanistan war ends just days before the anniversary of 9/11. and back in afghanistan, many are stranded with their families past the evacuation deadline. here at home there has been a fierce debate of president biden s handling of the withdrawal. with us is atan zeem. spencer ackerman and the author of the great new book reining terror. and michael dalynyc. and the author of the upcoming book new york s finest. let s go to the region first, aisha, what are you hearing from your reporters still on the ground in afghanistan? what i m hearing is they re really scared. i talk to them on the phone almost daily. they send me whatsapp messages. i wake up every morning and they re continually asking, what is the update, when are we getting out? their biggest fear is now that the evacuation is technically over that they will be left behind, they will be forgotten. and almost all of them have said to me that despite protaliban promises that they will not tak