Powerful category 4 hurricane, 150mileanhour winds making it the fifth strongest hurricane to ever hit the continental u. S. Those winds, check out this video, ripping off roofs like this one at a hospital near the coast, easily toppling trees in houma, louisiana. I m hallie jackson in washington along with our team on the ground, shaq brewster in gulfport and meteorologist bill karins. A curfew is still in place for folks there? reporter: that s right, still in place. The mayor saying they will assess that in the coming hours once they get an assessment of the damage out here. Hallie, let me step behind this wall, we re protecting from the wind. You re still feeling wind, getting the rain. It s obviously not what we experienced last night but gives you a sense of here in gulfport, mississippi, it was never that hurricane warning that we had to deal with here. Always a tropical storm warning and you know ida is a tropical storm gives you a sense of what a tropical storm can do. Officia
Distractions is the last thing that state government should be doing. And i cannot be the cause of that. Reporter: the 63yearold governor getting choked up at moments as he gave his resignation, speaking to new yorkers, his staff and three daughters. I ve seen the look in their eyes and the expression on their faces, and it hurt. Your dad made mistakes. And he apologized. And he learned from it. Reporter: his decision which takes effect in 14 days comes exactly one week after the release of the state attorney general s report which concluded the governor sexually harassed 11 women in the past seven years. Before calling it quits, the governor defended himself. However, it was also false. Reporter: moments before cuomo s presser, his personal attorney laid out the faults she fwounld the a. G. s report referencing some accusers by name and said the governor wasn t given a fair process. This investigation took every possible negative thing that could be said about the governor and they p
Wasting energy on distractions is the last thing that state government should be doing. And i cannot be the cause of that. Reporter: the 63yearold governor getting choked up at moments as he gave his resignation, speaking to new yorkers, his staff and three daughters. I ve seen the look in their eyes and the expression on their faces, and it hurt. Your dad made mistakes. And he apologized. And he learned from it. Reporter: his decision which takes effect in 14 days comes exactly one week after the release of the state attorney general s report which concluded the governor sexually harassed 11 women in the past seven years. Before calling it quits, the governor defended himself. However, it was also false. Reporter: moments before cuomo s presser, his personal attorney laid out the faults she fwounld the a. G. s report referencing some accusers by name and said the governor wasn t given a fair process. This investigation took every possible negative thing that could be said about the g
Those texas democrats, so there s no concern there. That delegation of lawmakers though facing criticism for the nowinfamous plane photo where they were seen wearing no masks despite cdc guidelines saying mask wearing is required. The surgeon general defended the mask guidelines also pushing for choice over a widespread mandate. Even though your risk of getting sick and especially seriously ill or transmitting the virus to someone else if you re fully vaccinated is low, there s some people that may decide to continue wearing masks. I don t wear my mask outdoors and when i m with people who are fully vaccinated, but that s my personal choice based on my individual circumstances at home. Eric: but the cdc i says you have got to wear a mask onboard which those legislators clearly were not. David spunt with the latest. Reporter: hi, eric. Also rules from the faa, that is a mandate that you have to wear a mask on a plane. While president biden is at camp david and returning to the white hou
Director on mask guidelines violence escalating in the middle east. Explosions in tel aviv after a tower is destroyed in gaza andrew brown jr. Viewing 18 minutes of video shot by police out of two hours of footage. What they say it shows. New developments in the spa shootings, the dea seeking the death penalty and hate crime charges. Five undocumented girls as young as 11 months abandoned at the border the farmer that rescued them. And kentucky derby winner the trainer s explanation after the horse s failed drug test. This is nbc nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, we are seeing how narrow and fragile some of the key supply lines are, the computer hack on a u. S. Fuel pipeline is triggering slowing demand and panic buying for gasoline in parts of the southeast. Reports of at least a thousand gas stations have run out of gas, after russian criminals took the colonial pipeline computers hostage, preventing transport of fuel from texas to new jersey officials getting some fue