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
[gears shifting] laura: plus, a.g. garland willing to go to jail to prevent americans from knowing just how senile joe biden is. and an angle fact-check on biden s latest inflation lies. but, first, another 9/11? that s the focus of tonight s angle. you wouldn t think president or cabinet would ever forget hijackers? and they were here right under our noses, taking flying lessons, lax visa policies. national complacency and of course the rest is a tragic history. we let our guard down and it triggered the longest war in american history prejtedding america first was never this administration s priority. their sole priority was and is to facilitate a mass influx of individuals from around the world into our own america in order to change america. and if border patrol by the way tries to stop migrants from crossing. they re terminated. what do you think executive order, is that going to do anything? three years and seven months. [inaudible] does it frustrate you when yo
the jury room, we ll hear from two jurors, revealing that jury was split down the middle, 6-6 at first, on whether to convict. deliberating for just three hours. president biden on his son tonight. what the president is saying. terry moran standing by at the courthouse. dan abrams here on what hunter biden could now face at sentencing. tonight, from new york city to philadelphia to los angeles, eight migrants who crossed into the u.s. illegally detained with suspected ties to isis. what we re learning. that dramatic scene. the rush hour chase through atlanta, crossing through two counties. police chasing a hijacked bus. the secret recordings of supreme court justices. justice samuel alito and chief justice john roberts, as well as the recording of justice alito s wife. what the audio reveals tonight, and the woman who recorded the conversations now defending herself. the storms the flash flood threat. up to 20 inches of rain in florida, and this record heat spreading
A hijacked Gwinnett County Transit Bus evaded law enforcement for miles on Tuesday. The driver's daughter said her father focused on navigating passengers to safety.
FOX 5 Atlanta speaks exclusively with the family of the man accused of hijacking a bus on Tuesday, shooting a passenger, and leading police on a wild chase through Atlanta and 2 counties.