today not to dismiss the case. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. in a moment, coverage of the financial shock waves rocking the world from the historic vote in britain. but there is breaking news in an unfolding tragedy here at home we need to tell you about. in west virginia, at least 20 people are now confirmed dead in a catastrophic flood disaster, the worst in a hundred years. 500 people remain trapped by those floodwaters in a shopping mall. waters so powerful, ripping homes from foundations and sweeping away cars. nbc s ron motte starts us off from the flood zone. reporter: it was sudden, it was violent, raging floodwaters ripping through whatever stood in its way, houses, cars, just about everything. i watched my car kind of flip io reporter: ten inches of rain, one-quarter of the average annual rainfall around here fell in just 24 hours, swall
lives. and check out the massive lines around the world. it s iphone frenzy this morning. people have been camped out by days. as the heavy weight rivals duke it out for your phone. which one will you call your own? amy says she feels like she s at the club when we hear blondie. i want to go to the club. don t let us stop you. good morning. yes, it is friday morning. and there s much mato get to. apple selling 4 million phones in just the first 24 hours on sale online. those folks are waiting in line, camping out for days. everyone wants to be first. and gig news from scotland, no to independence. britain and scotland will stay together. it wasn t etch close. begin with the new terror threat. president obama is set to sign his bill authorizing military aid and training for the syrian rebels fighting i i.s.i.s. brian ross is here with the latest. good morning. reporter: as we learn more about the i.s.i.s. terror plot in australia, u.s. officials are just as c
lives. and check out the massive lines around the world. it s iphone frenzy this morning. people have been camped out by days. as the heavy weight rivals duke it out for your phone. which one will you call your own? amy says she feels like she s at the club when we hear blondie. i want to go to the club. don t let us stop you. good morning. yes, it is friday morning. and there s much mato get to. apple selling 4 million phones in just the first 24 hours on sale online. those folks are waiting in line, camping out for days. everyone wants to be first. and gig news from scotland, no to independence. britain and scotland will stay together. it wasn t etch close. begin with the new terror threat. president obama is set to sign his bill authorizing military aid and training for the syrian rebels fighting i.s.i.s. brian ross is here with the latest. good morning. reporter: as we learn more about the i.s.i.s. terror plot in australia, u.s. officials are just as con
somebody else you are going to fail. every time i have not succeeded and made a fool of myself i tried to be somebody other than me. i tell my young people in my class it is not important what i think. is only important what you think. my job is to be a provocative. my job is to give you one of the things i decided to cover this spring and i don t know anything about it and don t know what i think about it is this nsa data gathering. i don t know. dangerous people in the world but it seems like a lot of information for somebody to have. i find out i teach better if i d do that. if you just bring some people in and explore and hopefully at the end of the thing i have a better opinion on what i think about it. what i do to my kids is i assign you fought the keystone pipeline, you are against it. so i give five different things to be on both sides of so the exam, they will have to defend or advocate ten potential positions, they don t know which ones they have to do. the ide
questions and plan to end this event right around noon. [applause] let s start with where the book starts and ends, new orleans. you both decided you wanted to leave d.c. at the same time or was there a lot of discussion about this move? that is the great place to start and a great place to talk. summertime ernie els a have a son, todd lorenzo, who is here. thank you for coming out. saturday afternoon in the rain. new orleans is playing the new orleans saints, playing the seattle seahawks today. i want to hear something. okay. i bring that up because that is what we play. he is saying we are 8 point under dog and i say we are going to win. i was in new orleans 20 years before i met james carville but after katrina when he said sugar, we are going to become a sliver on the river, as i am from chicago, anybody from the midwest, you know that if you are all women any words that follow sugar, you are going to melt. value anywhere, honey. the issue, kids were 10 and 12