lawmaker barred from speaking on the floor. a pastor killed, police say, by a man he stopped to help it turned out to be an inmate escaped from jail the violent standoff and manhunt ongoing. menopause and money. the new data on the billions in lost work. how some businesses are changing their thinking and a song that echoes through the past the violins that survived the holocaust and the people who saved them announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. it is like the worst of winter in reverse as excessive snow melt poses a rising disaster threat in parts of the country tonight. along the mississippi river, flood warnings up from st. paul to north of st. louis in places like davenport, an agonizing wait for residents powerless to halt the creeping waters still days before the river is expected to crest. almost 2,000 miles away, the atmospheric rivers that brought massive snowpacks to california s high country are gone, but war
forcing evacuations with the worst still days away. in california, communities bracing for epic flooding there from the meltdown of record snow. plus, tens of millions in texas and florida on the lookout for tornadoes and large hail. also tonight, the woman who accused former president trump of rape and defamation takes the stand in his civil trial. what she says about their alleged encounter years ago. the former president s denial. disney fires back suing florida governor ron desantis in their feud about free speech and the future of disney world. just breaking, republicans in the montana legislature punish a transgender lawmaker barred from speaking on the floor. the pastor killed, police say, by a man he stopped to help. it turned out to be an inmate escaped from jail. the violent standoff and manhunt ongoing. menopause and money. the new data on the billions in lost work. how some businesses are changing their thinking. and a song that echoes through the
Disadvantaged communities face the biggest threat. it can get very scary not knowing is it going to break? are we going to flood? what s happening? i ll have to trim all these down. reporter: pandora lives in government housing in stockton, rows of homes up against an old levee wall. it s not fair that those of us who are the most disinvested and the most economically challenged are the last ones to be thought of, because we re almost kind of expendable, right? reporter: activists say disaster is only a matter of time. if we have a significant flood event here, and it s not even if, it s when, we re going to experience all the loss of life. reporter: communities now bracing for the worst amid california s rapidly changing climate. steve patterson, nbc news, stockton, california. tonight, disney is suing florida governor ron desantis, part of their ongoing feud. gabe gutierrez is covering the potential presidential candidate who is in jerusalem on a trade mission. gabe, th