High the floodwaters went. Im surprised by that in what otherwise you would not assume could generate a Water Height that went up in some cases almost to the windows of the homes, literally over your head. That is pretty amazing. Meanwhile, as the president traveled to New Jersey the taliban overseas announcing the formation of a new government in afghanistan with several acting ministers. Were going to take a look at what this means. And also were going to talk with a afghan singer, Songwriter And Tv personality who was able to flee her homeland. Were also following two big stories from texas. Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that puts sweeping new restrictions on voting despite democratic efforts to block that legislation. And the Justice Department vowing to protect people who seek or provide abortions and fight back against that new Texas Abortion Law which is the most restrictive in the nation. Were going to talk about all of this with texas democratic representative. We begin t
this is andrea mitchell reports in washington where the omicron variant is spreading like wildfire here in the u.s. and around the world. new york city and washington, d.c., are both breaking records. moments ago, d.c. mayor muriel bowser reimplementing the city s mask mandate, and testing lines in new york are now stretching around the block amid a nationwide shortage of rapid at-home tests. nearly a third of broadway shows have been canceled due to outbreaks and snl s big season closer mostly scrapped. no live audience, no musical acts with tina fey and tom hanks pitching in. due to safety we do not have an audience. this is not the smallest audience i have ever performed for because i have done improv in a macy s. breakthrough cases include senators elizabeth warren and corey booker and congressman jason crow. they are among the 33,000 testing positive daily in the u.s. the democratic senate up in arms at fellow democrat joe manchin of west virginia, blind siding t
as. welcome to american voices. as i mentioned just moments ago, reverend sharpton went head to head with rebecca and candidate vivek ramaswamy. ironing out some truly a rate just comments made on the campaign trail, equating representative ayanna pressley to members of the kkk, and questioning the truth about 9/11. that s just to name a few. check this out. have you taken any time to reflect upon the possibility that comparing your political rivals to murderers, terrorists might put their lives in danger at a time when hate crimes are on the rise? or do you just not care? so, reverend sharpton, i don t look at the world through political parties. frankly, it s good to see it s been 20 years since we last spoke. and part of the reason that i came to that event tenth years ago with you is that you are a political outsider just like i am in my own party. but let me talk about the issue here that you re actually asking about, which is that what s toxic about that old word vi
in a defamation suit brought by two georgia election workers. political advisers saying giuliani was wrongly accused in the matter. up next, though, a civil trial that could see trump s former personal attorney held financially liable. joining me now from fulton county is blayne alexander. what more can you tell us about the upcoming arraignments and what this separate motion means for the trial as trump s attorneys, they re seeking to completely sever his case from the other codefendants. well, alex, let s start with the arraignments. we know that september 6th, next wednesday at 9:30 a.m., the former president will not be appearing before a fulton county judge. he s waived that arraignment appearance as is his right, and he s entered a not guilty plea, so that certainly answers a lot of questions we had as to whether or not we would see the same kind of extraordinary show of him coming down to georgia, going instead inside a courthouse, and facing a judge we will not see.
tornado, flipping a car in south carolina. our team across the storm zone, and al roker with the new track. also tonight, another alarming moment for mitch mcconnell. the senate gop leader appearing to freeze on camera for more than 30 seconds aides coming to his side it comes just weeks after a similar episode on capitol hill what his team says happened and rudy giuliani found liable for defaming two georgia election workers with false claims of ballot tampering. how those workers, a mother and daughter, are reacting announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. almost 12 hours since it slammed ashore along florida s big bend region as a major hurricane, idalia is tonight a tropical storm, but forecasters warn still a dangerous force to reckon with as it works its way across southeastern georgia tracking up the carolina coast this morning, the fast-moving storm came ashore in florida with wind gusts of over 80 miles per hour, so po