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
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Joce kevin davis is baltimores police commissioner. Comm. Davis were never going to reach that point where 100 of the population loves the police. Joce gone now are strategies like stop and frisk and zero tolerance policing. Heather macdonald cops are backing off of proactive policing in high crime areas and, as a result, Violent Crime is rising at a dramatic rate. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] sharyl welcome to full measure. Im sharyl attkisson. Its perhaps one of the most important and pitched battles of our time the battle to control information and sway Public Opinion. What can you believe . Whos telling the truth . Whats real . To historic lows since gallup first asked the question in 1972. 68 of americans saying they trust the media not very much or none at all. Thats up eight points in a year. And the web is a freeforall where news is faked and popular sites are routinely
Will these allegations overshadow trumps first 100 days. Who is telling the truth . Complete coverage this morning as we break down the russian connection. From abc news, its a special edition of this week. Here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning. Just five days ago, the president looked like he was turning it around. Fewer protests in the streets. The stock markets soaring. And that wellreceived speech to congress. And now, whatever goodwill he had seemingly blown away in a saturday morning tweet storm. Even by his own standards, the president leveled an extraordinary accusation against his predecessor. Accusing former president barack obama of wiretapping him last october during the critical final weeks of the election. President obama has denied any direct involvement through a spokesman saying, neither presen house official ever ordered surveillance on any u. S. Citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false. Either obama tapped trumps phone. Or he didnt. One of them has
Except, there are no st. Louis rams. The rams moved to los angeles last year, even after st. Louis promised a brand new stadium. Lois linton its heartwrenching, because the city not only loses the team, but they lose all of that outoftown revenue coming in. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] sharyl welcome to full measure. Im sharyl attkisson. Today, we begin with a possible health risk involving one of the most trusted products. Baby powder. A potential link between Ovarian Cancer and the talc mineral used in baby powder has been studied for decades. The question is did major talc industry players ignore evidence and their own consultants advice while aggressively marketing their products to consumers . Or is it all a plot to file frivolous lawsuits and shakedown billion dollar corporations . Our cover story is sprinkle of doubt. Deane berg i was about 16 years old. My mother had rec