new images from florida. the devastation from hurricane idalia as the long recovery begins. the worries tonight about financial aid for storm victims. will the federal government run out of money before peak hurricane season? the dramatic body cam. police fatally shooting a pregnant black woman in ohio. the woman in her car accused of shoplifting, appearing to accelerate towards the officer who fires one fatal shot. what her family is now demanding. the manhunt in pennsylvania 48 hours in after an extremely dangerous murderer escaped from a prison near philadelphia. how did he get out? the proud boy who smashed a capitol window with a riot shield and another who helped plan the attack sentenced. how long they ll spend in prison. and going the extra mile, the vietnam vet who uses his daily walks to help those wounded by war. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight. as we kick off this holiday week
showing destroyed homes in florida as the governor warns would be criminals, you loot, we shoot. and call it a joint decision, after a yearlong review, u.s. health officials recommend loosening marijuana restrictions. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that breaking news out of fulton county, georgia, in trump s election case. nbc s blayne alexander is in atlanta. give us the latest on that, blayne. reporter: we ve seen a flurry of filings from the former president through his attorneys, saying the former president wants to sever and be tried separately from the other 18 codefendants. the reason he s listed is because of this request that we ve seen from one of his codefendants, ken chesebro for a speedy trail. we saw the judge set the date for october 3rd. the former president is saying, no, we don t want to be tried that quickly. it s not possible to prepare for a hefty trial. that s the latest of the filings. the other th
2026? we ll have reaction from the senator s office to this second incident this summer. also ahead, a new legal twist for america s mayor, a federal judge ruling that rudy giuliani defamed georgia election workers. could that impact the fulton county case too? and later, what s 2.2 billion between friends. the new york attorney general alleging donald trump isn t as rich as he says he is. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, i m ryan nobles reporting from washington in for ana cabrera. this morning idalia s impact is being felt from florida to the carolinas. now a tropical storm, idalia unleashed heavy rain and life-threatening flash flooding across eastern north carolina in the early hours of this morning. after battering south carolina overnight, spitting out tornados with wind gusts strong enough to flip cars right on the roadway. people along florida s gulf coast are still dealing with the aftermath of the storm this morning. downtown cedar key almost entirely submerged
major hurricane. any upgrade from here and we re talking about a category 3. the issue is that the storm has really got its structure together over the last several hours which is allowing it to continue to rapidly intensify. so welcome into fox weather. we d like to offer a special welcome here at the top of the hour to our viewers on fox news channel. i m ian oliver and i m jane minar fox news is your hurricane head coaches and so many of you watching the development of idalia fox weather with you have every step of the way on every connected tv device, also on your phone 24/7 with the free fox weather app. again idalia to reach category 4 intensity at land fall. we have you covered with our extensive team coverage on the ground tonight folks in place across the southeast as the faster forward motion of this storm is expected to bring hurricane conditions well inland but as we mentioned, idalia is expected to reach major hurricane status tonight. it could be at any minute
now has until 2030 as president and maybe, if he chooses and is still able to do thejob, until2036. and is still able to do thejob, until 2036.he is certainly a survivor. thejob, until 2036.he is his invasion of ukraine in 2022 could have turned into a strategic disaster, but he managed to turn things around and may even be able to claim victory of a sort by the time it s finally over. vladimir vladimirovich putin. so now he s re elected, but will he change the way he does things, or will it be more much, much more of the same? applause i asked steve rosenberg, the bbc s redoubtable russia editor, who s had a ringside seat throughout all these extraordinary events. what we re going to see is further confrontation with the west, a continuation of the war with ukraine and continued repression at home. but having won this claim to have won this, this huge victory, 87%, vladimir putin will now be able to say, look, everybody, i have a mandate and a huge mandate from my people f