A new york gas station in custody what police are saying. The severe storms in the South Flood Evacuations and rescues, and more dangerous heat. Were tracking it all. Donald trump entering his second not guilty plea in 24 hours, this time to new charges in the classified documents case the dramatic video, a ukrainian sea drone striking a warship in the black sea. Our Richard Engel is standing by. Simone biles back in action for the First Time Since withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics and do you have your tickets more than A Billion Dollars up for grabs tonight. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome. We start tonight with Breaking News. Police in New York City restoring calm tonight after a riot broke out in manhattans union square neighborhood. A crowd estimated at 2,000 people descended into the area after popular social Media Influencer kai cenat advertised a video game giveaway. The crowd appearing to be mostly young people turned restless and
commit suicide yes that s how bad it can get. you can get down and it s so hard to describe because you get down in this deep, dark hole of depression reporter: tonight, tributes pouring in from music city and around the world travis tritt writing, naomi judd was one of the sweetest people i ve ever known. carrie underwood adding, sing with the angels, naomi. maren morris posting, honor to a witness love can build a bridge just a few short weeks ago. that performance at a country music television awards show, one of naomi judd s final shining moments. kathy park, nbc news when we come back, the woman who became a runner after losing a leg. you will not believe how many marathons she just ran in a row.
reporter: tonight unemployment benefits are over for 7.5 million americans. another three million will see their weekly checks cuts by $300. it comes as hiring slowed in august, likely due to the surge of the delta variant. brooke whitford delivered groceries when the pandemic started. she scaled back her hours over covid concerns and a drop in wages. she has been on unemployment since april of last year knowing this date was coming up, what s it been like for you? stressful the one word i can say stressful. put me in kind of a slump, kind of a depression reporter: whitford says she has applied for over 150 jobs over the last few months, but so far no offers i don t meet the criteria or they ve already hired somebody. reporter: for every eight people who lost their unemployment benefits in june, only one found a new job. reasons include a lack of child care and the growing mismatch between the jobs available and people looking for work we ve never cut off benefits for this