lawmaker barred from speaking on the floor. a pastor killed, police say, by a man he stopped to help it turned out to be an inmate escaped from jail the violent standoff and manhunt ongoing. menopause and money. the new data on the billions in lost work. how some businesses are changing their thinking and a song that echoes through the past the violins that survived the holocaust and the people who saved them announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. it is like the worst of winter in reverse as excessive snow melt poses a rising disaster threat in parts of the country tonight. along the mississippi river, flood warnings up from st. paul to north of st. louis in places like davenport, an agonizing wait for residents powerless to halt the creeping waters still days before the river is expected to crest. almost 2,000 miles away, the atmospheric rivers that brought massive snowpacks to california s high country are gone, but war
forcing evacuations with the worst still days away. in california, communities bracing for epic flooding there from the meltdown of record snow. plus, tens of millions in texas and florida on the lookout for tornadoes and large hail. also tonight, the woman who accused former president trump of rape and defamation takes the stand in his civil trial. what she says about their alleged encounter years ago. the former president s denial. disney fires back suing florida governor ron desantis in their feud about free speech and the future of disney world. just breaking, republicans in the montana legislature punish a transgender lawmaker barred from speaking on the floor. the pastor killed, police say, by a man he stopped to help. it turned out to be an inmate escaped from jail. the violent standoff and manhunt ongoing. menopause and money. the new data on the billions in lost work. how some businesses are changing their thinking. and a song that echoes through the
Seconds later you see the pastor s truck slow down then back up before stopping to help. police say that s when arrington shot him repeatedly stealing his truck and leaving him to die on the side of the road. reverend carl burton served with watts at st. mary s missionary baptist church. he died trying to help somebody else. does that sound like your pastor, your friend? yes, glorifying god and serving others. that s what he wanted to do. reporter: together the four escapees had a laundry list of charges including auto theft, burglary and gun possession and at least one had escaped from jail before. lester. all right. blayne, thank you. two weeks ago in louisville a 25-year-old man shot and killed five fellow employees at the bank where he worked before he was killed by police. his family said that while their son connor sturgeon had mental health challenges, they saw no warning signs. authorities said he was able to buy the assault rifle legally. now his parents, todd