Up past testampa. Most of florida s west coast now under a tornado watch until 8:00 a. M. Governor desantis placing 33 counties under a state of emergency. The tampa and sarasota airports are shut down right now and officials are urging residents stay indoors. Duke energy has prestaged 3,000 employees from other states in north florida ready to go and restore power after elsa passes. Derek van dam is live in tampa. Tell us what you are seeing there. Reporter: good morning. We ve scoured the area of tampa, we went to south tampa and bay shore boulevard, the areas that normally blood. And it looks as if they have been spared the worst from what was hurricane elsa last night when we arrived and the storm notably collapsed on its in many regards. But still a lot of concerns especially in some of these bands, these feeder bands we ve talked about. These are bands of rain that get fed in from the gulf of mexico and they basically move over the same location. So flood concerns still a possibi
The first lady also shot and the images just in tonight, she has now been brought to the u. S. , air lifted to florida. The ambassador to the u. S. Saying they re hoping american doctors can save her. The heartbreaking toll tonight. At least 18 more victims found in surfside, florida. Now a recovery operation. The mayor breaking down today as she said searchers have been working for days, as if the victims were their own loved ones. The coronavirus here in the u. S. And news tonight on the highly transmissible delta variant, now the dominant strain here in the u. S. What they re now seeing from missouri to utah to kentucky. And the images from new york city tonight, honoring front line workers. Two federal agents and a police officer shot and wounded in chicago. And late today, chicago s mayor facetoface with president biden, amid growing pleas for help. Horrific shooting on the highway in houston. A teenager shot in the head coming home from a baseball game with his father and brother
And the major announcement in the uk on its reopening. Pope francis recovering from surgery. His condition and how long he may be hospitalized. A fourth of july tragedy for an nhl goalie. The fireworks accident that took his life. A tiny danger found in all kinds of household items that can be deadly for children, and the potentially lifesaving trick every parent should know. The crisis for our military s medics once they leave the battlefield. Is anything being done to help? and the director of so many hollywood blockbusters being remembered tonight. Announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. I m kate snow in for lester tonight. Rescue workers wasted no time today getting right back to the arduous search for survivors after what was left of champlain towers south in surfside, florida came tumbling down last night. With a tropical storm headed to florida, authorities decided to strategically implode the precarious structure, and that ended up helping, giving wo
Parents outraged on both sides of this. Amid the growing attacks on asianamericans in this country, president biden today signing the hate crime bill into law to fight discrimination against asianamericans. And tonight, that horrific case in new york city, yjuju chang with the asianamerican woman assaulted in broad daylight. Dangerous storms slamming several states tonight. The alerts as we come on the air. And noaa tonight with the new hurricane forecast for this year, saying it will be another above average hurricane season. And tonight, the system already brewing. And the stunning report just out tonight. The inquiry involving princess diana and that bombshell 1995 interview. What the inquiry has now found. Authorities say dian that was deceived to get her to sit down for that interview. Wat she was told beforehand. Then talking about her marriage and the royal family. Tonight, princes william and harry now responding. Some of their most powerful words yet on the treatment of their
Again, for now. In its biggest decision of the term. What it means and what it doesn t, also ahead. Welcome to a pretty busy thursday. Meet the press daily i m chuck todd. The reaction continues to spill in upholding obama care. The third time that the roberts court has upheld the law, but a ruling that will not save the law from future attempts to undermine it perhaps. We will have a lot more on that story coming up in the hour. But we ll begin with some major decisions facing president biden. Fresh off his diplomatic swing through europe and his meeting with putin he now faces what you could call some urgent domestic diplomacy here at home at least inside the democratic coalition. As the white house faces increasing pressure from progressives to abandon talks with republicans, a group of 21 senators from sort of the center of this current u. S. Senate, 11 republicans and 10 democrats say that they ve come to an agreement on a framework for a deal on infrastructure. That s 20% of the