the u.s. coast. house republicans voting to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress, but will it go any further than that? and remembering the nba legend whose silhouette became the league s logo. lebron and jordan paying tribute tonight to the great jerry west. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. we are watching an extraordinary weather story unfold in south florida tonight. the rain just not stopping. for a second day, a slow-motion system triggering intense downpours and flash flooding. tonight, flash flood warnings and emergencies are posted into the evening. many streets are impassable. cars have been left stranded. adding insult to injury, the risk of lightning and severe wind gusts. rain totals in the last two days across southern florida exceeding a foot in some places with no relief expected before saturday. downpours just this afternoon falling at an estimated rate of four to six inches per
touching down, cutting off a community. we re in the storm zone. also tonight, the new twist in the deadly hijacking of a transit bus in atlanta. the suspect by chance speaking to tv cameras hours before the chaos. what he said about his struggles with mental health. the mass casualty incident in illinois. three sheriff s deputies shot as they entered a home with a barricade suspect. president biden in italy for the g7 summit. the new security agreement he s expected to sign with ukraine as russian warships reach cuban waters 90 miles off the u.s. coast. house republicans voting to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress, but will it go any further than that? and remembering the nba legend whose silhouette became the league s logo. lebron and jordan paying tribute tonight to the great jerry west. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. we are watching an extraordinary weather story unfold in south fl
shot renisha mcbride? no, i don t think so. my life is improbable. i am an absolutely improbable hall of famer. it s never been about the woman thing. it s, she has a great basketball mind. we think she would be a great addition to our program. i ve never been on live television before. but apparently sometimes i don t watch i don t watch the news because i m a kid. he certainly made the news this week, huh? noah ritter. hats off. 15 minutes up yet? that s right. we want to remind you about a special feature for our fans on our facebook page. it s called in case you missed it. we ve compiled the great moments from the week on our facebook page. check it out on wnnfans.com. and also don t miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. coming up, more news from abc. stay with us. announcer: this is abc s world news now, informing insomniacs for two decades.
it s about, hey, she has a great basketball mind. we think she would be a great addition to our program. reporter: hammond plays for the san antonio stars, 16th season in the wnba after a record-breaking turn as three-time all-american at colorado state university. she helped russia win a bronze medal in the 2008 olympics after not being invited to try out for the u.s. team. hammond got her start playing high school basketball. inspired by her dad who gave her this advice while growing up. you ll never be able to play in the nba, he said, but if you re really, really good, maybe you can get a college scholarship. so i m going to have to call him up and say, dad, you never said coaching. reporter: hammond is the latest woman to mark a milestone. thank you for the hard work for so many others before her. she said she is focused on her job and wants to be treated just like any other assistant coach. awe all right best way i know how is to be myself. i don t think there is any magic
i didn t mean it. so i don t think any of that will be an issue. again, it would be like someone goes to your house who, you know, a girlfriend who you broke up with foryears ago and she comes to your house with a suitcase full of a billion dollars and says i have a billion dollars. no, i m not taking it. luke, what about how the heat is going to roll with this. what s next for them? no one cares. they ll be back. pat riley is a wonderful basketball mind. but people have always come up with this idea they ve had a false sense of entitlement that shaquille o neal chose miami in 2006 and they won there. same thing happened agone. pat riley will be fine. miami is fine. miami has south beach. miami has great weather 365. the biggest thing that happened in miami was when global warming occurs and it floods out. it just got so dark.