nightly news with lester holt. good evening from houston where i am on assignment working on a story for a future broadcast but our top story tonight, the flooding catastrophe in kentucky where officials say at least 19 people have died including children with a toll expected to climb. authorities are not even sure how many people are still missing with fresh concern about more life-threatening flash floods this weekend. urgent rescues in boats and from helicopters continue with crews saving hundreds already. the governor telling me on thursday it s by far the worst flooding disaster in his lifetime 6 more inches of rain are expected in parts of the already devastated region. northeast tennessee, southwest virginia and west virginia also in the storm zone. all of it accentuating a climate crisis that is causing more intense and frequent severe weather emergencies around the world we have it all covered tonight beginning with maggie vespa in hard hit kentucky. reporter: i
as some states rush to ban abortions, others work to protect them. hours ago mississippi certifying the state s trigger law that makes nearly all abortions in the state illegal. we re following all the developments and the supreme court s latest decision that sticks with a familiar trend, dismantling the separation of church and state. first to cnn national correspondent nadia in mississippi. nadia, talk to us about the state s latest move and where it falls in the big picture. well, we knew that the state s first female attorney general, lynn finch, was a big supporter of overturning roe v. wade. it was a matter of time before she certified the trigger law in mississippi. that happened just this morning. so now there s a ten-day period where the clinic behind me, the state s last abortion clinic can continue to perform abortions. today they are not performing abortions. the clinic is closed, but they will begin again tomorrow and for the next nine days after that. once tho
Is the best deal. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning. Live from new york city, im randall pinkston. The first shot of the civil war was fired in South Carolina. For decades the Confederate Flag has been a fixture ocean of the State Capitol but that changes in a few hours the battle flag will come down and moved to the relic room. The governor signed a bill to remove the flag yesterday. At her side, family members of victims from last months Church Massacre in charleston. Diane, tell us how the program will go this morning for the removal of the flag. Randall weve gotten very few details from the state on how things are going to proceed this morning. We know theres going to be a ceremony at 10 00. The flag will be lowered carried away in an Armored Vehicle. Its going to be taken to the South Carolina confederate relic room and Military Museum here in columbia, about a mile away. Were going to have to waist and see how things proceed as the day progresses. With all the controversy,
It is rolling along in the tk is dependent end on it. It seems to me bundling as we saw with the program produced for a long time more efficiency and hospital. Any way you can force the institution to think about how to be efficient at lower cost should be productive. In the long run i would be optimistic. I think Accountable Care organizations the latest study i saw yesterday said that the Accountable Care organizations were management to hit the quality indexes but they werent getting any shared savings in. So hasnt proofed out yet to be a move in term of the particular model of efficiency. I think it will be. Thank you. I think with that we will draw that to a close. It is time eat, drink, and look at hard copies of the book. Thank you for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] book tv is on facebook. Like us to interact with book tv guests and viewers. Watch videos, and get uptodate information on events. Facebook. Com book tv. [applause] [applause] well, good evening, everyb
Good morning to you. Even with the answers we have people remain in shock over this announcement. He also gave his blessing in finding the next leader of the catholic church. Leading the prayer this morning at the vatican, Pope Benedict xvi told a small group hes leaving at the end of the month. In a statement he says his strength due to his age has deteriorated making him unable to fulfill the demands of the position. The vatican said hes not leaving because of difficulties with the papacy. Benedict is the first pontiff to step down in more than 700 years. A vatican spokesman told the today show there was fair warning about the decision. Clearly he doesnt physically feel up to the job. I think this was an act of humility to admit that. A couple top officials have known for some time, certainly several weeks i was told that just this morning. I only found out a few hours beforehand from the popes chief of staff. The responsibility falls on the shoulders of the cardinals around the worl