dozens of people still unaccounted for this hour. our mola lenghi is in the flood zone, and rob marciano times out the rain and the new heat wave threatening the east coast. the growing monkeypox outbreak. new york city joins san francisco in declaring a state of emergency. the city s health commissioner calls new york the epicenter of the virus as the city awaits more vaccine doses. the war in ukraine. one of the country s richest men, a top grain tycoon, killed in a russian strike as dozens of ships remain docked at the country s ports, those vessels packed with agricultural products. and vladimir putin s new warning to the west. the nation mourns the loss of two trailblazers tonight, nba bill russell, a pioneer on and off the court, a hall of famer with 11 nba championships, two as the league s first black coach. after growing up in the segregated south, russell marched for civil rights and paved the way for generations of nba players who followed. and we mark the
jackpot winner, and now we wait to see who that person actually is. i m hoping that hit the jackpot. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. in eastern kentucky the death toll rises, and the catastrophic floodwaters begin to recede. the horrors are now becoming more clear. 25 people confirmed dead, including at least four children from the same family. their aunt tells us that they were between 2 and 8 years old. kentucky s governor tells cnn that the national guard has gone on more than 660 air rescues. the floodwaters washed away roads, ripped away bridges, making the ongoing search efforts even harder. it s unclear how many people are still missing at this hour. the governor fears the death toll will be climbing. i m worried that we re going to be finding bodies for weeks to come. keep praying. i hope there are no. we ought to expect there will be more loss. prayer for the families that have already lost individuals. they re go
and white house denying that the president brought up genocide during the call on thursday. and the latest developing story from the white house. hey, david. good afternoon to you, aishah and everyone watching right now. the speaker is en route to asia. she has some pre scheduled trips to singapore, japan, south korea, but the big question, the suspense, will she go to taiwan? she wants to go. some republicans who are her political enemies in congress are agreeing with her, they want her to go. some democrats are saying don t go. the white house is being mum on it, but the communist party in china is saying absolutely do not go. listen. well, i don t remember talk about my travel because as some of you know it s a security issue, it s a security issue for every member of congress travelling, especially abroad, but for the speaker, it is additional security issue and for those travelling with me, not just members, but staff, et cetera. it s an interesting issue because
so many travel nightmares ghislaine maxwell s 20-year sentence for sex trafficking underaged women for jeffrey epstein. and our exclusive with the tennis player who had the ultimate save announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone jaw-dropping testimony here in washington in today s short notice january 6th hearing focusing on former president donald trump s actions that day that may have included trying to wrestle away the wheel of the presidential vehicle in order to get to the capitol where his supporters were gathering we were also told today the ex-president waved off concerns about armed supporters at his rally that preceded the attack. trump quoted as saying they re not here to hurt me. let them in. let my people in. the stunning stories came from the day s only live witness, 25-year-old cassidy hutchinson, an assistant to former trump chief of staff mark meadows she was in the west wing on january 6th and is now offering pot
Moments im going to share a Special Report weve been working on for much of the weak about defendant trumps legal trouble and why weve seen slowly but surely this inflection point. Ive going to break down for you only with legal facts and evidence how whats happening in georgia with all these confessions and guilty pleas and vows to testify is actually strengthening jack smiths hands in the doj case, which is the first criminal case of any major stature that donald trump will see himself go on trial. That is, remember, coming up in march. That special part will be part of the broadcast in a few moments. Our top story is the escalating crisis in the middle east with israel pounding gaza with these massive explosions heard through the night over there. You can see some of what weve been able to capture from our aerial cameras and thats 1 00 a. M. On the dot in gaza local time. This is according to the experts and local accounts we have some of the heaviest bombing of the war so far. It a