flooding killed at least 20 people, leaving behind what one resident describes as a war zone. our reporters are live on the ground with the latest. in afghanistan, violence at the airport threatens an already precarious evacuation plan with thousands trying to escape taliban rule, 18 u.s. commercial airplanes are called in to help. the white house signaling it could extend the deadline to leave the country. we have to start with game changing developments in the battle against the coronavirus. new york times reporting the fda is set to give full organization for pfizer s covid vaccine today. at the same time, across the south, icu beds are filling up fast, so bad in five states they re within 10% of reaching capacity. alabama is already maxed out. grim numbers out of florida where the number of coronavirus cases has now surpassed 3 million. the cdc says nearly 42,000 have died from covid-19 related causes in that state. and just in the past week alone, florida reported mo
the delta variant and nursing homes. more than 40% of the workers at them aren t vaccinated. gold rush in tokyo. u.s. swimmers shattering records and raking in medals, including bobby finke s second thrilling underdog win and the american gymnast triumphing after being thrust back no competition after simone biles pulled out. fighting eviction. millions now at risk of losing their homes after a ban on evictions lapsed. democrats fighting to reinstate it. going too far. customers lashing out at servers as restaurants struggle to staff up. what s behind the anger? and the true spirit of the games. two athletes sharing the gold. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. reporting tonight from tokyo. hello from japan. the olympics moving into a second week even as covid cases in the tokyo region set new records just a day ago topping 4,000 cases for the first time of the while tonight more than 5,000 miles away the united states facing its own covid reckonin