lawmaker barred from speaking on the floor. a pastor killed, police say, by a man he stopped to help it turned out to be an inmate escaped from jail the violent standoff and manhunt ongoing. menopause and money. the new data on the billions in lost work. how some businesses are changing their thinking and a song that echoes through the past the violins that survived the holocaust and the people who saved them announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. it is like the worst of winter in reverse as excessive snow melt poses a rising disaster threat in parts of the country tonight. along the mississippi river, flood warnings up from st. paul to north of st. louis in places like davenport, an agonizing wait for residents powerless to halt the creeping waters still days before the river is expected to crest. almost 2,000 miles away, the atmospheric rivers that brought massive snowpacks to california s high country are gone, but war
forcing evacuations with the worst still days away. in california, communities bracing for epic flooding there from the meltdown of record snow. plus, tens of millions in texas and florida on the lookout for tornadoes and large hail. also tonight, the woman who accused former president trump of rape and defamation takes the stand in his civil trial. what she says about their alleged encounter years ago. the former president s denial. disney fires back suing florida governor ron desantis in their feud about free speech and the future of disney world. just breaking, republicans in the montana legislature punish a transgender lawmaker barred from speaking on the floor. the pastor killed, police say, by a man he stopped to help. it turned out to be an inmate escaped from jail. the violent standoff and manhunt ongoing. menopause and money. the new data on the billions in lost work. how some businesses are changing their thinking. and a song that echoes through the
From a mississippi jail. one of them, 22-year-old dylan arrington, is now believed dead after a standoff with police. officials say he shot an officer in the leg while barricaded inside this house, which moments later went up in flames. police are working to confirm the identity of one person found dead inside, and tonight, police are releasing surveillance footage of another escapee, jerry raines, seen sunday at a gas station in spring valley, texas, more than 400 miles from mississippi. we re still actively searching for three. of course, you know, we have been getting information. the u.s. marshal fugitive task force are following up on several leads. reporter: the same place where their getaway truck was found wrecked and abandoned. the vie lent pair has taken at least one life, 66-year-old pastor anthony watts. police say he stopped to help arrington thinking he was a stranded motorcyclist. this video shows arrington run off the road.