cases. the chilling video. a vehicle crashing the carjacker exiting with a long gun and stealing another car the shootout caught on camera it all started at a walmart. plus, the isis terror attack inside of a supermarket six injured in a stabbing spree how the suspect launched the attack, despite being under 24/7 police surveillance and the major disappointment on jobs numbers, with millions on the brink of losing unemployment benefits. plus, the urgent warning tonight for parents. we ll tell you about the popular baby products linked to several infant deaths. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight more deaths. and more missing ida s trail of damage growing deeper president biden today surveying hard-hit new orleans, where hurricane ida made landfall as a monster category 4 storm. plus, the state s attorney general investigating deaths of nursing home residents packed into this warehouse tens of th
rising death toll. we are all hunker down praying. praying to god. russian police have arrested a female suspect in a bombing that killed a prominent supporter of russia s war on uke. plunnouncests flashing worldwide production. nasa names that accrue for a history making mission to the moon s orbit. this is our crew. this is humanity s crew. norah: mcdonald s temporarily shudders its u.s. corporate offices ahead of reported layoffs. lsu has captured its very first national championship. norah: good evening thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. tonight at this hour, donald trump is meeting with his new legal team as he prepares to be the first former president to see the inside of the courtroom as a defendant. on tuesday he will travel down to lower manhattan terror surrender to the new york district attorney and tonight we are wondering, will there be cameras in the courtroom? trump s lawyers opposing them, arguing it would create a circus
bock sheppard. exit sandman. one of baseball s all-time greats. mariano rivera, leaves the pitcher s mound at yankee stadium for a final time. the emotions pouring, and departing in hard-earned cheers and thunderous chants in the bronx. we do say good morning, america. george is off. great to have josh back with us. you talked about bob sheppard, the announcer for the yankees. he was welcoming mario rivera for the final time. sam was asking, why do you call him the sandman? because you might as well put the game to bed. oh, yeah. when that man, right there, 42, shows up. one of the game s all-time greats. and one of the great gentlemen in sport. we have lost a singular person. we have more on that ahead. also, we re going to hear from two former presidents today and this weekend. that was me yesterday, with president george w. bush. got a chance to sit down with him. ask him about his health. and george sitting down with former president bill clinton. you ll hea
deaths have been reported. the crisis is pummeling florida and california right now. they both set records for the number of deaths in a single day. as we wait to hear from the president, let s get more on the breaking pandemic news, and nick is joining us from l.a. the numbers in much of california right now are moving very much in the wrong direction. reporter: they are, wolf. 157 people died in this state in just a 24-hour period, and that is an all-time high. we also now have had two days of more than 12,000 new cases reported. you know, right now across the south the average daily death toll from this virus is higher than it ever has been. 173 people reported dead today in florida. an all-time high for that state. one person is getting exposed or sick and they are infecting every single member of their household. today we passed 4 million confirmed covid-19 cases across this country. now, getting to the first million cases took 99 days. the next million took 43 day
ted cruz is now over but the threat of a government shutdown is still very real and if that happens, democrats are already pinning the blame on that tea party senator. nbc s trac tracey potts is live washington. he doing a lot of talking to each other? it s a lot of ping-pong back and forth. four days before the deadline for the government shutdown monday, ted cruz talked and talked to prevent a vote that happened anyway and at the end of that vote it looks like democrats and republicans are still at odds. ted cruz finally sat down after 21 hours. this was all about elevating the debate in the public. it was a big waste of tile. reporter: now the senate s on track to pass a budget that will likely include money for at fordable care act, that s sure to go nowhere in the house. democrats say they ll fight for it. anything that diminishes the affordable care act is not anything we want to support. we cannot rely on the commander in chief to negotiate. reporter: rep