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
Speaker asks me to apologize, what he is on behalf of decorum, what he is really asking me to do is be silent when my community is facing bills that get us killed. reporter: the majority republican body censured the freshman representative. zephyr will only be allowed to vote remotely. tonight zephyr says though she may not be permitted to speak on the floor, she will continue to work behind the scenes. anne thompson, nbc news. tonight president biden is pushing back against concerns about his age just a day after announcing his re-election bid. peter alexander is at the white house. peter, the president was pressed about it this afternoon. reporter: lester, the latest nbc news poll shows that 70% of americans do not want president biden to run again with nearly half citing his age as a major factor. he would be 82 at the start of the second term, and here s the president s response from today. i can t even say