scrambling to cover the cost. and the swimmer defying the odds and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone when it rains it pours, but rarely like this tonight, an unraveling emergency continues to unfold across swaths of the southwest as severe flooding leaves several areas under water or caked in mud. in texas, arizona, and new mexico fast rising floodwaters triggered some harrowing rescues and shut down major thoroughfares. dallas coming off its second longest dry spell ever, 67 straight days without rain only to now be facing what weather experts say is a 1,000-year flood east of dallas, storm totals approaching 15 inches downtown dallas more than 12 1/2. at dfw airport 7.8 inches of rain falling in just 3 hours. now even as the weather system moves eastward, rain is still in the forecast for some hard-hit areas. miguel almaguer has a look at what they re facing reporter: the record rainfall in cities like
we ll dig deeper. in russia, the 29-year-old daughter of a putin ally whose father is known as putin s brain was killed in a fiery car explosion outside moscow with the kremlin accusing ukraine for being responsible for what russia is calling a contract killing. with ukraine celebrating its independence this weekend also marking six months since the russian invasion, i ll be talking to retired general david petraeus. and congress members jerry nadler and caroline maloney are locked in a bitter intraparty primary battle in new york city tomorrow thanks to redistricting. we ll discuss that race. and i ll take a look at the rise in anti-semitic groups across america after leafletting in a small new jersey town this weekend just days after similar leaflets were seen on long island, new york. joining me is ken delanian and brandon buck. you ve got the new nbc news poll with some major headlines. voters are angry, frustrated. they re saying for the first time that threats to
Mason good evening, for those of you just joining us, this is a special expanded edition, im anthony mason. Scott pelley had been reporting from the new jersey shore but the hurricane has knocked out our link to him. Hurricane sandy is about to make landfall near Atlantic City, but the impact of this storm is being felt all along the east coast. The governors of 14 states from North Carolina to maine have declared states of emergency. Lets get the latest now from cbs news hurricane consultant David Bernard. David . Good evening, anthony. A lot of trouble up and down the east coast tonight. Sandy is basically not a drop cam system anymore, but the effects are all going to be the same. Lets start with where the storm is right now and, again, we are looking at very strong waves occurring all across ptions of the jersey and also Long Island Sound. Notice just offshore were seeing some of these wave heights still indicated near 45 feet, maybe higher. And even though the storm is here, antho
In, so if you have your leftovers from thanksgiving, you can join me at10 00, we also have an nfl player weighing in on ferguson. And dont forget to set your dvr so you never ever miss an episode of the five. Black friday shoppers take a big bite. This is special report. Good evening, the traditional predawn black friday madness was a lot les crazy in many place this is year, with more and more Stores Opening on thanksgiving, the crush of shoppers, hunting for never seen before in the universe sale prices, we have fox team coverage, william is in long beach, california with how some Union Members tried to make shopping at one retailer a lot more difficult. But we begin with peter doozy in
spring field, missouri. News from target, they sold 1,800 tvs a minute and 2,000 video games a minute for the first hours they were open last night. In a few places, though, it was more like black and blue friday. And fistfights arose and rides in some police cruisers. But the fact that retailers open
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going on. Can we just admit that this whole thing, this whole bit of nonsense nonsense . Youve got Football Players who weigh 275 pounds that are weighted out that are on so many Illegal Drugs that they can run a 4640. When they hit a quarterback, it is the impact as willie always says as a car accident and nobody cares about that. But we have the media freaking out about whether a ball was inflated to 12. 5 11 12. 5 pounds per sq