We are work with them. We support them. And one of the most influential reggae producers and performers, lee scratch perry, dies injamaica aged 85. Thank you forjoining us. One of the most powerful hurricanes to hit america s gulf coast in 200 years, is now approaching new orleans hurricane ida s centre isjust 30 miles to the west. Within the hour, the city has lost all power, after what is being called catastrophic transmission damage. This is a picture live over new 0rleans. It is nightfall. All this hitting the city exactly 16 years to the date sense hurricane katrina devastated new orleans. Nada tawfik sent this report from new orleans as the storm made landfall. Conditions are deteriorating rapidly now that hurricane ida made landfall. This isjust rapidly now that hurricane ida made landfall. This is just a tiny preview of what is expected and this is on a date 16 yesterday that hurricane katrina demonstrated new islands. This could be the strongest storms to hit the united st
Vaccinated against covid 19. Magic. And one of the most influential reggae producers and performers, lee scratch perry dies injamaica, aged 85. Hello and welcome. Let s start with some breaking news now. As many as five rockets have reportedly been fired near kabul airport in the last couple of hours. A us official said the rockets were intercepted by an american anti missile system. It is not yet clear if all were brought down by the defence system, nor if there were any casualties. It comes a day after the us led an air strike on a vehicle in kabul, reportedly targeting a suicide bomber who was about to attack the airport. Of course, we ll bring you more details as we get them here on bbc news. One of the most powerful hurricanes to hit america s gulf coast in 200 years is now approaching new orleans. Hurricane ida s centre isjust 30 miles to the west. Nearly one million people are without power, including the whole of new orleans, after what s being called catastrophic transmissio
classic kicking off tonight on fox. todd: i did a little research, if they don t hit it, they will lose because hitting it is crucial to winning in baseball. jillian: you run, you will lose. todd: you are watching fox and friends first tuesday morning. jillian: a lot of factors in play. let s begin with the way the president is selling his $1 trillion spending bill, whispering or yelling when trying to convince americans it won t cost a cent. todd: lauren blanchard has a range of voice work, no whispering, no yelling, nice and steady, the president s approval rating falls to a new level. reporter: i don t know whether to turn the volume up or turn the volume down. president biden hopes to pitch for the build back better bill comes across loud and clear but what the bill doesn t how much it costs is still confusing many. what are we doing? what in god s name are we doing? we pay for it all. it doesn t increase the deficit single sent. reporter: yesterday the president
business. i m john berman, and this is contract condition condition tonight or cnn very nearly tomorrow or very nearly next week and that could be a big one into the investigations into donald trump. this week alone has seen a litany of activity. on monday trump lawyers filed a motion to delay any criminal trial, the classified documents case till the 12th of basically never. on tuesday a grand jury was selected in georgia that could indict trump for election interference there. on thursday special counsel jack smith urged judge cannon to reject his delay, delay strategy and found out trump s son-in-law jared kushner testified before the grand jury in the doj investigation into trump s role in january 6th. new today, trump s team filed a petition in georgia to throw out evidence and disqualify fulton county d.a. fani willis. also today a cnn exclusive, sources say the secretaries of state for both pennsylvania and new mexico have been interviewed by federal prosecutors in th
americans under heat alerts across the country. more triple-digit temps on the way, and as we found, no relief even at the beach in miami. thousands of actors on strike the major stars speaking out tonight refusing to work in protest. how long the strike could last and the ripple effect on so many others. plus, what it could mean for all of your favorite shows the controversial new barrier at the border right on the river and the lawsuit to stop it what do we know about ufos top senators tonight calling on the government to finally come clean and it s messi mania here in miami days before a new kickoff for the soccer superstar. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester reporting tonight from one of the hottest places in the country, miami, where brutal heat has gripped the city for weeks. the feels like here today, 102 it s a type of heat so many americans are experiencing this week as you ll see later in