hazards here. more than 100 million under air quality alerts tonight. while a huge part of the country suffers through another day of oppressive heat. when will it end? the first wreckage recovered from the deadly implosion of the tourist submersible near the titanic. new claims from an irs whistle-blower about hunter biden s tax case and plea deal. the president s strong reaction today. madonna hospitalized suffering from a serious bacterial infection and canceling concert dates. we ll have late details on her health tonight. the growing death toll from deadly rip currents including a former nfl quarterback. how to protect yourself. and the place where summer vacations past live on forever. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. next week americans will be celebrating summer s biggest holiday. but along with packing, many also preparing themselves for the potential linchpin in their holiday plans air travel. th
couldn t feel. my body went numb. i told her karlyn s gone. she s gone. she was a beautiful young mom doing important work. she was an intelligence specialist. some of her work was very sensitive. top secret. i believe she had top secret clearance. when she was found dead, everyone wondered, did her work cost her her life? i remember them telling me did she come into a lot of money she couldn t explain? maybe she was selling secrets? maybe. that s like out of a spy novel. what about other secrets? the personal kind. we knew they were having issues. right before they got married she found out that he was cheating. but somewhere out there was a stranger keeping secrets too. my data guy starts going through her facebook. she made reference to firearms in her social media. we saw that they were communicating her gas mileage. what a weird thing to do. a mystery that would drag on for months. and then, one final secret uncovered by science. you s
threat across the state. residents are urged to stay inside. our team is on the ground and crews mobilize and janice dean is tracking ian in new york city. todd: lauren, we begin our coverage with you in st. pete. in st. pete beach, they were prepping for the worst, but it struck more southeast. let me show you what is looked like yesterday in the naples, fort myers area. ian came with category four, wind speeds 155 miles per hour, dropped a foot of rain and life-threatening storm surge turned roads into rivers and left homes on the other hand water. take a look at the radar, ian has weakened since making landfall as it moves to florida. latest update has it 75 miles per hour, making it a category one hurricane, officials warn communitiess in central and northern florida, they are still in danger from flooding and hard to process amounts of water. central and northeast florida, 12 to 20 inches of rain possible, some areas according to national hurricane center, looking at
how the state is preparing and why this will be the second round of flooding for some. plus, we are on the eve of history. one day away from the launch of artemis i, nasa s next mission to the moon. how the forecast is shaping up and some of the more interesting things that are heading up to space in that rocket. plus, how extreme weather is uncovering some of the world s ancient treasures. thanks so much for waking up with us this sunday, august 28th. we hope you re having a great weekend. the start of a new week. good morning. i have a confession to make, i just gorged myself with a cupcake for breakfast, so i m beating you out on the prosciutto, much healthier. good to be with you. the sugar keeping me awake. some news to get to this morning. up first, assessing the damage to national intelligence from classified documents found at donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. the director of national intelligence tells congress she is conducting a damage assessment of the doc
country. rachel scott at the white house. the images coming in, a fast-moving wildfire exploding in flames in california. structures destroyed and evacuations under way. extreme heat dangers in the west. millions bracing for temperatures well into triple digits through the weekend as the first hurricane of the season forms in the atlantic. rob marciano with the track. record labor day travel expected as the long holiday weekend gets under way. tens of millions of americans driving and flying at prepandemic levels as gas prices plunge. overseas tonight, the war in ukraine. the white house now asking congress for more than $13 billion in additional military aid. and the new warning from the u.n. nuclear watchdog about that nuclear power plant caught in the cross fire. the chilling image seen around the world. a man pointing a gun right in the face of argentina s vice president. that gun failing to fire. news on the suspect. actress jane fonda revealing her battle with