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
americans believe mr. biden shouldn t run again, his age being a major factor. but the same polling shows 61% of americans also don t want former president donald trump to run, leaving his top anticipated arrival governor desantis, to say it s time for republicans to move on. we reject the culture of losing that temperatures in the 90s the bay area is warming up at this week but itld with dangerous consequences. also bags of donations stacked in a peninsula garage. and we would like someone to help us and so we just think that the community effort to help families picking up pieces after flooding. hearings began in the three men accused of killing jasper wu , the testimony today. an athlete forced to make a quick change after learning that her college is shutting down. i thought they it was like w her advice to high school seniors were now deciding where they will head next. this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. if the