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
State representative zooey zephyr, the state s first transgender legislator, tonight is banned from the house floar for the rest of this year s session. this decision is a doubling down of the silent thing of 11,000 montanans. reporter: today s action follows a fiery speech zephyr made last week as her colleagues considered a ban on gender affirming medical ban. i hope the next time there s an invocation and you bow your heads you see the blood on your hands. reporter: house republican leaders said the democrat broke decorum and prevented her from speaking in floor debate, then she was accused of inciting this protest on monday. [ crowd chanting ] republican leaders making the case against her today. no person may participate in conduct that disrupts or disturbs the orderly proceedings of the body. reporter: zephyr refusing to apologize. and when the