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his mission for puerto rico as the island faces a long recovery from another deadly hurricane. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening, everyone its a threat that shadowed a generation of americans during the cold war a nuclear standoff with russia and now president biden giving voice to growing new fears and a dangerous new era once more framed by the threat of nuclear conflict. president biden saying, we face the prospect of armageddon comparing it to...

In las vegas, where the famed strip lies empty, the mayor pleading to reopen. >> i fear that were going to have deaths caused by people just throwing their hands up, i cant handle this anymore. >> reporter: today, texas governor greg abbott becoming one of the first to announce plans to reopen some stores next week, but only for curbside pickups, no customers inside. >> we must put health and safety first. >> reporter: its been 24 hours since president trump announced guidelines for reopening th...

Ladies, thank you. and from the first officers who stormed the hotel room of stephen paddock, the gunman that killed 58 people at a musical festival lasts weekend. >> i could see the suspects door was riddled with bullet holes comes out. it looked like swiss cheese. >> he had the advantage. >> yeah. because he knew we were coming and what we had to come through. we didnt know where he would be in that room. >> a deadly game of hide and seek? youre the one hiding, you always know where the pers...

What did they tell you? >> they were just tickled to death. they just -- they didnt know what to do, how to handle it. whatever. and when i got there, i saw, you know, they need eed compassion,o know that their mother mattered and thats what i do, thats who i am. i said, well, im going to do it. i went out an retrieved it for them. >> seeing the smiles on their faces from that video but thats certainly, you know, some of the brighter spots that we are seeing oul out of all the devastation there ...

Heading up las vegas boulevard. the driver was killed, a passenger wounded. and the sports car crashed into several other vehicles. >> one of those vehicles was a taxi cab which caught on fire and exploded. >> reporter: the taxi driver and its passenger, trapped inside, were also killed. >> i could see one vehicle totally engulfed in flames. >> reporter: witnesses went rushing to the scene to help. this man didnt want to be identified. >> i ran over to help the dude in the maserati. i pulled him...

Cars and a fiery crash that followed. authorities say at least one person in a range rover shot at a maserati, then crashed into a taxi. the taxi burst into flames. the driver and passenger both died. the driver of the maserati also died. >> right there on the vegas strip. this happened in a well-known area, near ceasars palace. and ballys so this is a very busy area of the strip, right there. just a crazy story there. >> it was crowded. people rushed to help but to no avail. all of the people i...

From the midwest down to the southeast. >> meteorologist jim dickey continues our coverage from accuweather. good morning, jim. >> good morning rob and diana. a snowstorm put down substantial snow across the plains on thursday. good news is, that winding down tracking its way to the north and east and weakening as it does. seeing significant snow through the morning into the chicago area. 3 to 6 inches piling up by the time the sun rises. the morning commute will be difficult. icy conditions spr...

Their wealth. paying off mortgage debt means that consumers are spending less and businesses are making less. and jobs are harder to come by. and as long as this goes on, our recovery cant take off as quickly as it would after a normal recession. >> shepard: so, the white house says its updating a program it launched two years ago. one to help americans refinance their mortgages. now, you can qualify no matter how deeply underwater you are. as long as you are still making your payments. the whit...

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