it s a big day. this afternoon an important speech from the president on voting rights and texas democrats catch a plane out of austin. they are running away to block a republican effort there to limit the ways people can vote. plus new covid cases are climbing again. the surgeon general says it s possible we ll need covid booster shots but no change in the vaccine guidelines for now. and protests in cuba saddle the biden administration with another big foreign policy puzzle. can the white house do anything as the cuban regime moves to crack down on demonstrations. first, voting rights. there s no disputing the urgency of the issue. whether the president can do much to turn the tide is a giant question. texas is the latest battle ground. dozens of democrats fled the state coming to d.c. in an effort to block legislative action in austin. the texas drama backs up the president s complaint. republicans in state after state are taking steps to make it hard tore vote. but it
said it is to confront the scorch of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia here at home and around the world. and the white house is actually backing him up. he believes responsible nations must not shrink from scrutiny of human rights record. rather, they should acknowledge with intent to improve it and also push and listen up amp hood and shine a light on other countries that need to do better. that is the role we are playing for the united states. jesse: keep in mind, the human rights council that the white house wants to criticize america includes cuba and china. a quick reminder, keep it right now rounding up thousands of people for protesting against communism. they have shut down the internet so the rest of the world can t see what s happening. in china, growing over a million uighurs in concentration camps. republicans like nikki haley are calling all of this just a bunch of nonsense. you ve got people being bullied and beaten in the streets of cuba. you
player to come out as gay. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening claudette is making her way out to sea tonight but not before the tropical storm took a deadly and damaging swing at the gulf coast and southeast, causing at least 14 deaths and spawning destructive tornadoes. alabama taking the brunt of it. parts of it under states of emergency tonight. another violent weather outbreak causing damage and injuries outside of chicago overnight. and as we come on the air, big parts of the northeast are under severe thunderstorm alerts and warnings. al roker is tracking it all let s begin with kathy park in alabama. reporter: tonight, the southeast picking up the pieces, after a lashing from tropical storm claudette. alabama s governor declaring a state of emergency in eight counties, so residents like destiny ward can rebuild. is that your trailer there? yes all of that is pieces of my trailer. reporter: she survived a tornado with three
nobody knows what happened except for him and garrett. what was the truth, hidden here on this tropical paradise? it was an assassination, a hit, no question. it was august, hot in coral gables. the air was short sticking thick as night fell. the small debris pushed the palms. and the artificial pool of attorney john sutton house was a party already known early. it was susan sutton s birthday attending their son, his girlfriend, and john s law partner. melissa, off to college in north florida couldn t be there. so she found her mother to say she missed her. were you too close? extremely. that s my best friend. i will ask how old your mom was? 57? no, you can t put that on! she was a nice 45, let s leave it at that. the guests left, the law partner went home, the son christopher and his girlfriend went out to a movie. john settled into watch tv in the master bedroom. susan in another bedroom, talk on the phone with a close friend. quiet and pleasa
didn t expect to be asked about this on her saturday morning coffee run meant that she is clear and where she stands. here s what she said to tmz. this is a question of fairness. that s why impose boys were trance to compete in girls school. it just isn t fair. we have to protect girl sports. but if somebody transitions and now see themselves as a girl, isn t this. she s not alone in our thinking. the conservatives have spoken out about this and to present joe biden s executive order that trans discrimination would ve places. in mississippi became the first this year to ban the transgender athletes from giving on women sports teams. the critics say that this type of legislation hers the health and safety of transgender children and that they deserve the ability to play organized sports and to be a part of the team just like other kids. however, at least 30 states are now considering legislation similar to mississippi in march mississippi s governor tweeted that i will s