texas banning mask mandates in places including schools. other states keeping mandates for now the deadly flood emergency, dozens rescued. up to 18 inches of rain the major change for cancer screenings. and our journey across america to louisville my conversations with the police chief and breonna taylor s mother more than a year after taylor was killed by police what the chief said when i asked her is there a link between policing and racism. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, across america reporting tonight from louisville good evening day two of our across america journey, louisville, kentucky a proud and historic city that hit a painful crossroads after the police shooting death of breonna taylor my interviews with her mom and the city s new police chief are coming up. but we re going to start with today s finding in another police shooting of a black man that has sent emotions running high for weeks in north carolina the prosecutor there
india facing a devastating surge, with global cases up for the ninth straight week. 40 million on alt r damaging winds, large hail, and possible tornadoes. flash flooding hitting parts of the gulf coast. u.s. troops begin to formally withdraw from afghanistan, marking the beginning of the end to america s longest war. the new images tonight of an afghan flag replacing the stars and stripes as the u.s. handed over a camp to afghan special forces. the concern now for women and girls across the country. ian pannell in kabul tonight. caitlyn jenner s controversial comments, saying transgender athletes should not be allowed to play in girls sports. an about-face from the california gubernatorial hopeful, as a growing list of states push bans on transgender athletes. and america stron years old, and his rendition of the national anthem going viral. good evening, everyone. thanks so much for joining us on this sunday. i m linsey davis. we begin with breaking news as we come
california less than 48 hours after monterey park. did one motivate the other? governor ron desantis his decision to reject ap african american scores. that is somebody pushing an agenda. we want to see more people did this. we have to hit it head on. a new chapter. imminent having a definite pause from spokes after controvy after rebranded appearances. nobody asked for this initiative and nobody goes to candy he to get identity politics. shazam, little lamb in the morning. wake me up before you go go i hope you are singing along, do the dance for me. that is a chris dance to the song. brian: but shazam is the title ainsley: it rhymes with lamb. brian: is not shazam a ga game. ainsley: it is the name of a song. brian: in that action hero and he has some to do with lightning? i m sorry to interrupt. chris, don t turn the music off break it up, do it, chris, come on. come on. right there, ladies and gentlemen. steve: now he is dancing.
office. that s a decision i will make in the coming months and i will not make any announcements this early but it s something that i m thinking about and i ll make a decision in the coming months. former president trump gloating over the loss of his most political foes causing him a fool who should be ashamed of herself. liz cheney throwing punches right back hoping to keep fighting. i believe that donald trump continues to pose a very grave threat and risk to our republic. i m absolutely going to continue the battle and i think it s the most important thing i ve ever been involved with and i think it s certainly the most important thing and challenge our faith mike nation has read it on my face in recent history enable the civil war. it s one that we must win. democrats in the media being called out for mourning the loss of liz cheney who was once a enemy of the left. does this potentially dangerous a moment as we have seen at any time since the middle of the 19th c