Lines are suddenly getting a lot longer. And a starstudded farewell to nancy reagan. President s and prime ministers and stars honor the first lady as she is laid to rest. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from simi valley, california. Good evening. From a rainsoaked here to bring you the final farewell to former first lady nancy reagan. Were going to get to that starstudded moment. First, to an increasingly dangerous and developing situation, another major storm system. This one in the south triggering states of emergency and over 1,000 highwater rescues. Families have been pulled from rooftops, some from trees as police and the National Guard move in amid historic floodwaters raging. Being warned of flash floods. Thats where we begin with nbcs Janet Shamlian in the storm zone. Reporter desperation as the waters rise in louisiana. Six of the people rescued were found clinging to trees. Ang anxious families were rushed to safety in the dark of night. My little son was asleep so we had to hurry to get him together really, really quick. It was a little scary. Well, a lot scary, really. Reporter 1300 rescues and counting. Hundreds of homes have suffered water damage. In monroe, already more than 20 inches of rain. This boat crashed into a bridge, a result of rising water. Across five states, 12 Million People are under flash flood watches and warnings, including tennessee. This woman had to be rescued from her home. I thought we had enough time for us to leave. You know, if the water come all the way up, i lost everything i worked for for 20 years. Flooding covered threequarters of the state, conditions so dangerous, a police boat capsized during a rescue. What do you think when you see this happening to your town . Its horrible. Water is everywhere. The amount of rainfall we received in a 40hour period is epidemic. Reporter the mayor of greenville knows at least 100 homes with feet of standing water inside. In this neighborhood, some of the homes did stay dry but because water filled every street in the subdivision, they are effectively trapped here. They cant get out. Lifelong residents are shocked. This is as bad as ever. Reporter tonight, at least 50 streets here in greenville are flooded just like this one and searchers are out not far from here looking for two men who went fishing and now are missing along the mississippi. Lester, back to you. All right. Janet shamlian, thank you. Back here in california, nancy reagan called the president ial library the hill that her husband Ronald Reagan once spoke of and it is here atop the city of simi valley where nancy reagan will be laid to rest. It broad together a Broad Spectrum of former faces, a current and three former first ladies to wellknown faces from media. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell attended the funeral and has details. Reporter the final farewell drawing political heavyweights and hollywood stars, like a time capsule back to the 1980s when Ronald Reagan was president , nancy reagan right at his side. A woman without whom Ronald Wilson reagan never would have become the 40th president of the United States or succeeded as well as he did. Reporter representatives of ten white house families on hand led by michelle obama, president and mrs. Bush, caroline kennedy. Planned by nancy reagan herself, down to the white pioneses on her casket. Occasionally i thought that even god might not have the guts to argue with nancy reagan. Reporter and tom brokaw. So god bless nancy. This is Ronald Reagan, first lady and the unlikely friend of a reporter, thank you, nancy. Reporter before the service, Hillary Clinton on reagan support for stem cell research. It was very brave of her to take a political stand on behalf of research that she thought might help prevent or cure alzheimers. Reporter but above all, what so many celebrated today, the enduring love affair. My parents were two halves of a circle. No one truly crossed the boundary into the space they held as theirs. Reporter ronnie and nancy, the couple that met in a all those years ago, now together again for eternity. She will once again lay down beside the man who was the love of her life. The one she loved to the end of her days. Resting in each others arms, only each others arms until the end of time. Reporter as her son ron said, nancy reagan did love a party and she would want todays gathering to be a party, a celebration of her life and her legacy. As Ronald Reagans partner in the white house. Lester . Andrea mitchell, thanks. Tom brokaw first met nancy reagan during her husbands governor run in the 60s. Calm tom, looking across that room, there were a lot of faces we havent seen for a very long time. What time did it take you back to . Well, it took me back to the very beginning when people said, this actor is running for governor . It was one of the politics, two terms as president of the United States and now hes remembered in airports and politic arguments wherever you go and she was, as everyone said, his partner. I think in the context of what were going through now, that the dignity of the reagan years was really quite remarkable. Everybody felt that they were a part of something larger going on. All right. Tom brokaw, great to have you here. Great to be here. Thank you very much. New concerns raised about the level of violence and vulgarity in and around Donald Trumps rallies. Fresh squirmishes today and disturbing scenes in st. Louis as Trumps Campaign manager is under fire. A reporter now filing a criminal complaint against him, accusing him of misdemeanor battery. Nbcs katy tur has the latest. Reporter donald trump once again greeted by protesters where at least one it would be so nice. I wont say whats on my mind, folks. Reporter all of it coming one day after a trump supporter was arrested for sucker punching a protester in the face. Hes an impassioned person and i guess he didnt like what he was seeing. Certainly you dont condone it. We dont like it and we dont like seeing it. Reporter meanwhile, tonight, trumps own Campaign Manager is being investigated for misdemeanor battery by Florida Police after Michelle Fields of breitbart formally the top aide. She claims Corey Lewandowski yanked her line. She says these are bruises that her arm. These pictures show around the moment in question, although the alleged grab is not seen, including in this nbc news video where fields arm can backwards before she a source close to the campaign telling nbc news, weve known lewandowski irrational anger could be a liability but we crossed our fingers the top like this would not happen. Lewandowski has repeatedly denied the allegation and accused fields of being an attention seeker. That something did happen, are you going to do something about it . Will there be some sort of punishment . Supposing it comes to light that nothing happened. Are you going to apologize for what youre doing . Reporter now, the white house weighed in today. White House Press Secretary josh earnest said theyve been worried about the taunting of reporters at trump rallies, adding that theres no excuse or justification for violence against the reporter at a political event. Lester . All right. Katy tur, thank you. New mexico authorities are on a massive manhunt for two dangerous escaped prisoners, one of them a convicted murderer. The other a man with a history of violence. Accounted for since wednesday night. But as Nbcs Joe Fryer reports, they are leaving a trail behind them. Reporter Police Across new mexico are hunting for two violent inmates who were being moved from one prison to another. They are violent. They shot at law enforcement, murdered people. We have to find them. Reporter on wednesday, the state was driving five inmates from roswell to another prisoner. 32yearold joes he self cruz and 29yearold lionel clah were no longer in the van. Yesterday they were seen on cameras in albuquerque no longer wearing their prison jump suits. One was spotted in a nearby neighborhood. Police combed the area but the convicts could not be found. Sentence for murder while kl clah has a violent history of crimes. He led police on a highspeed chase and a another person jumped from the car while it was going 95 miles an hour. The pursuit ended with a Rapid Exchange of gunfire. Somehow, despite the close range, everyone survived. Officers who were there fear a repeat as a hunt for clah continues. Hes going to have more of a reason to run or fight or possibly harm other people in his way. Reporter a desperate search for two escaped inmates who continue to slip away. Joe fryer, nbc news. Scandal has rocked the Wounded Warrior project. They help Wounded Warriors as well as their families but now the top two executives have been fired amid of lavish and wasteful we get more from nbcs erica hill. We wont leave one warrior behind. Reporter its one of americas largest and most wellknown veterans charities, raising 342 million last year. Over seven years, fred cane, father of two veterans, proudly raised 325,000. The mission is too important to forget. Reporter last month, he canceled his annual benefit amid reports of questionable spending at the charity. Late thursday, the Wounded Warrior project fired ceo Steve Nardizzi and the ceo al giordano following an independent investigation, which found, according to a statement, some policies, procedures and controls are in need of strengthening. Its a culture that was created by these guys and i think that that culture is systemic and they are going to need to change a lot more. While the money was pouring in, it was also flowing out. Reporter that culture came to light in a cbs news investigation, which warrior project spent lavishly on travel and overhead, allocated a little more than half of its donations to veterans programs. Connie chapman worked there for two years and says she was fired in a restructuring. I went to new york for less than 24 hours for a meeting of one of the chief executives. It was a lot, a lot of spending. Reporter the fired executives declined nbc news request for comment. The Charity Found that more than 80 of donations were spent on programming. 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Its no different than if you were to go to disney world at the peek period of the year, you are going to expect to stand in some lines. Reporter whats the problem . A record surge in passengers. 140 million expected to travel this spring alone. The tsa says passenger volume nationwide is up 7 over last year. Some passengers are avoid baggage fees creating choke points at the scanners. And they are spotting weapons after failing highprofile audits. A record 2600 guns were confiscated last year. The tsa is at its lowest staffing level in five years and now its trying to staff up, training 192 officers each week. In minneapolis, some improvement but its only a start. I dont think we can ever be satisfied until things get back to a place where people feel really good about coming through the airport. Reporter the advice this spring break, get to the airport very early and brace yourself for the tsa chief predicts could be a very intense summer. 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