the language employed within your workplace? we begin with the wildfires in greece. reports tonight that two air force pilots who were helping to fight the fires died when their plane crashed on the island of evia. greece s government says emergency teams are battling fires on multiple fronts. they continue to reek havoc on the greek islands and on parts of the mainland. greece s largest island, crete, was the latest to be put on high alert. on rhodes, more evacuation flights have taken off and at least ten % of the land has been burnt. from there, our correspondent jenny hill reports. unrelenting, unforgiving the fires are raging on. firefighters battling to contain them. notjust here on rhodes, but on the islands of evia and corfu, too. it s desperate, dangerous work. this afternoon on evia, a terrible reminder of the risks taken. a firefighting aircraft dumps its water, appears to clip a tree and loses control. we ve chosen not to show the moment of impact. so many are
said he s ready and able to serve as second term as president, aged medium too. today can t keep them off every stages yesterday we saw him fal victim to what have cleanly and leap ahead sympathizing sandbagged at the air force academy. as we watch the mh of our 46 president laid out on the stage stones, we couldn t help wonder is joe biden really as sharp as he asserts he is? nobody can answer for joe biden as clear and concisely as joe himself. please care clarify specifically how do you take it. president biden: no i haven t taken a test fraid why would i take a test? come on, man. that s like saying before i got this program you take a test with you take cocaine or not, what you think? he oddly referenced cocaine in an interview. [indiscernible] [cheers and applause] joey: maybe he s lost some motor function. that s happened with age and injuries. at least he knows exec they wer he s going. [cheers and applause] [applause] we all get a little last in directi
election was rigged. norah: flooding and reported tornadoes as the south braces for dangerous weather. multiple rounds of severe and heavy rain. new developments in the case of natalie holloway. joran van der sloot is being extradited to the u.s., 20 years after the high school girl went missing in aruba. farlandn central what is means for farmers and your next trip to the supermarket. what is the value on that? 15 million. may help people with peanut allergies, hold 1/1000 of a peanut to help build tolerance. norah: and our moms in focus series, we celebrated family of dedicated mothers and honor all of yours. it is just a natural response that we care for each other and are very close and loving with each other. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. we begin tonight with a crisis at the southern border. the clock is ticking as the pandemic error rule known as title 42 is set to expire in a matter of
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