2023. Extreme weather. A deadly band of storms knocks out power to over a Million People. Leaving some trapped under downed power lines. Striking out, thousands of los angeles workers walk off the job bringing the city to a stand still, what services are shut down. Wrong number . Is using the body mass index the wrong way to track our health. Our doctor is here with why that calculation could mislead you and what you should use instead. Whos feeling lucky . The third biggest Lottery Jackpot is up for grabs tonight. Lots of big jackpots. Its the new barbie. Thats right. We begin with extreme weather, people still feeling the impact today from a line of severe storms that swept through the east coast at one point more than a Million People were without power. Take a look at this video out of maryland. People trapped in their cars as destructive winds snapped power lines and poles right on to a busy highways. 15yearold from North Carolina died after he was crushed by a falling tree and a 28yearold man died in alabama after he was struck by lightning. Theres new risk of Severe Weather today in new england, Central Plains and in the southeast, where damaging winds even tornadoes are possible. Lets begin with nbc News Reporter gary grumbach. Youre if the same place that slid owe was that we just showed with the downed power lines, how is the cleanup going . Reporter cleanup is low and methodical. Crews here have been working since 5 00 p. M. Yesterday. Theyll get off in about two hours im told. Theyve been working nonstop to get this place cleaned up. The pole on the ground there, about two hours ago that was up there tangled in those wires. So theyre bringing down all of the wires, all of the problematic poles and this is part of the place where you saw that video. There are 35 cars that look just like this, all the way down the street here, you can see pole after pole, theyre working on chopping them up as we speak, amazingly nobody was seriously injured in any of these poles come crashing down, there was no tornado here, this was strong wind, strong rain and nothing else. Were seeing that coming up through the northeast as well, but right now, 50,000 people without power here in maryland. The governor of maryland said hes going to get this street open and others quickly as possible. Michelle, what should people be watching for over the next 24 hours . Most of the midatlantic and northeast doing fine right now, were also watching the southeast, a whole different system, where we could see some strong storms. 7 Million People at risk. Right now, damaging winds, 60 Miles Per Hour, that can bring down trees and power lines and large hail. Could see a few tornadoes. The best spots for tornadoes would be out of the rockies and into the high plains. Then it extends throughout the Mississippi Valley and the southeast, jackson and montgomery could see strong storms. Were seeing a few drenching storms right now. Brighter colors is where were looking at the heaviest rain. Tomorrow, that number grows to 15 million, shifted further to the east, parts of the midwest the ohio valley into the Tennessee Valley the Mississippi Valley even portions of the southeast once again, the same scenario were looking at winds gusting to 60 Miles Per Hour and also the chance of a few tornadoes. Not just in the plains, not just in the high plains the rockies, were talking about new england. Up to 4 inches and 2 inches per hour in those places. Back to you. All right, gary and michelle, thank you both. Right now, thousands of city workers are striking in los angeles. For the first time in 40 years city sanitation workers heavy duty mechanics and even traffic officers among others walked off the job. Were in downtown l. A. , erin, talk to us about what youre hearing from people and seeing in. Reporter thousands of city workers this particular unit the first time in more than 40 years they have gone on strike, a strike thats expected to last 24 hours. They just wrapped up a march through the streets. A number of vacancies here in los angeles pushing many of these workers into overtime, theyre also alleging that the city is negotiating in bad faith. This particular strike is building on a summer of discontent in los angeles, with writers and actors striking, restaurant workers striking. Its not just here in los angeles its throughout the country. Workers are fed up. Theyre tired, they dont make enough money, many workers are one paycheck away from being homeless themselves. We have workers in city of los angeles that dont make 15 an hour. You have to make 33 an hour to be able to afford a onebedroom apartment, how in the world can our workers keep up that way . Reporter now this particular strike action is impacting a number of services across the city today. From sanitation to the airports, even some public pools are closed, ellison. Erin the mayor of los angeles also responded to the strike, what is she saying about negotiations . Reporter this union was adamant theyre going to shut down the city the mayor said the impact o this will be mitigated he said the city hl is working she also said that shes negotiating in good faith saying, quote, my office is implementing a plan ensure no Public Safety or housing emergency is impacted by this. Well continue bargaining in good faith. Ellison. Erin, thank you so much. Are you feeling like a million bucks . Im sorry, a billion bucks . Tonights your chance. Mega millions drawing is just hours away. Worth an estimated 1. 5 billion, recordsetting jackpot for the game. One of the largest in lottery history. Ron allen, an estimated 1. 5 billion how did the jackpot get so big and how much is the prize actually worth once they pay taxes and take it home. Almost half. There hasnt been a winner of the jackpot since april. Through 31 drawings. The numbers keep piling up. The previous record is about 1. 53 billion back in 2018 in south carolina. There have been several billiondollar winners. I think four in recent years. So, its possible the odds are still 300 million to 1 that youll win this. So, and they dont know yet if its actually going to be a record or what the final number will be, during the final hours before the drawing which is tonight at 11 00 p. M. Eastern, 70 of the tickets for the draw are bought the day of, so theres a lot of people who are lastminute shoppers, buyers, whatever, who get inspired, get desperate, feel lucky, were certainly in bigdollar territory. All eyes on the jackpot, i know you were telling us before there are sometimes second or third place prizes that arent too shabby, either. Worth more than a million. Some 36 million Winning Tickets sold over the last over this period of time, since april, where there hasnt been a jackpot and winnings range from 2 to 1 million. They want people to spend their money for retailers, for the good causes that this money goes to in states across the country. You cant win if you dont play. Ron allen, thank you so much. Lets keep talking about financial news, disney is reportedly creating an a. I. Task force and champagne might start to taste a little different. Morgan brennan joins us. Disney is reportedly creating an Artificial Intelligence task force to develop a. I. Applications in house and form partnerships with startups. The Group Launched before the hollywood writers strike, continuing as writers and actors fight to limit the industry exploitation of that. Consumer demand fell despite price cuts, the company is struggling to appeal to new customers because of perception s that the products are unhealthy. And europes heat wave could make frances champagne region unsuitable for production. The taste is reporter different. A new report says the region exposed to by drought is expected to triple by the 2050s, extreme heat can change the acidity of the grapes, the grapes can apparently experience the equivalent of sunburn and all ofhi of this changes the taf said champagne. In a negative way in. It would seem so. Lets hope not. Morgan, thank you. Coming up, two of the former dancers suing lizzo are speaking out. Plus, some parents are trading more than just words trading more than just words ahead of the new school year the when y you have chchronic kidney disisease. Therere are placaces youud like t to be. Like here. E. And d here. Nonot so much h here. Ifif you have e chronic kidney disisease, farxiga cacan help youou keep l living lifefe. 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Former President Donald Trump holds his First Campaign rally since being indicted on charges in the 2020 election case the former president is in New Hampshire today this as lawyers battle with prosecutors over protective order. Theyre fighting over limits about what evidence in the case about the 2020 election can be shared publicly. The judge overseeing that case wants a hearing some time this week, meanwhile the federal grand jury which indicted the former president last week in that case met again today, it indicates the special counsels investigation is still ongoing. Vaughn hillyard is out in New Hampshire, in a noisy room, vaughn, what is the former president saying about the charges . Reporter this is for donald trump defiance, kate, for donald trump he can only control so much what happens in the courtroom or these various motions, thats left to his legal counsel, hes making the case that a protective order against him would limit his free speech to talk openly about the case thats pending before him for donald trump hes here at a Campaign Rally in New Hampshire and hes railing against the prosecutors that brought these charges against him alleging that the biden family was behind these charges as a political effort to undermine the Republican Party and the Republican Movement here. He said just a few moments ago to this crowd he wont be able to go on the campaign trail because hes going to be sitting in a courtroom for bs. Vaughn, part of the reason you went up there you wanted to talk some trump supporters, what are they saying . 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