scrambling to cover the cost. and the swimmer defying the odds and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone when it rains it pours, but rarely like this tonight, an unraveling emergency continues to unfold across swaths of the southwest as severe flooding leaves several areas under water or caked in mud. in texas, arizona, and new mexico fast rising floodwaters triggered some harrowing rescues and shut down major thoroughfares. dallas coming off its second longest dry spell ever, 67 straight days without rain only to now be facing what weather experts say is a 1,000-year flood east of dallas, storm totals approaching 15 inches downtown dallas more than 12 1/2. at dfw airport 7.8 inches of rain falling in just 3 hours. now even as the weather system moves eastward, rain is still in the forecast for some hard-hit areas. miguel almaguer has a look at what they re facing reporter: the record rainfall in cities like
preventing another january 6th. plus, trump s pick for governor in arizona takes a page right out of his playbook. kari lake is declaring victory before all of the votes are counted and struggles to explain how her win doesn t clash with her claims of voter fraud. good morning, welcome to way too early. on this thursday august 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for being with us. the number two democrat in the senate is calling on the department of defense to open an internal investigation into missing texts from key officials on january 6th. in a letter yesterday, majority whip and judiciary committee chair dick durbin of illinois asked the d.o.d. s inspector general to launch a probe into the deleted communications of several trump appointed officials, who were were tasked with deploying the national guard during the capitol riot. the letter reads this way. the disappearance of this critical information could jeopardize efforts to learn the full truth about january 6
person was supposed to be there. they are trying to make sure which part of the mar-a-lago affidavit is significant. it could cause significant damage to their criminal investigation. the federal magistrate who is considering the issue did put out an order just a few minutes ago saying he agrees the doj has a substantial reason to protect details of this ongoing investigation. we ll get into that ahead. also very disturbing images from a violent arrest in arkansas. this is so hard to even watch. this video shows two deputies and an officer appearing to punch and knee a suspect during an arrest. all three of those officers have been taken off duty. they are under investigation. multiple kicks to the head there. let s again there. omar jimenez has more on that. we do want to warn you once again, a lot of these images are disturbing. three arkansas law enforcement officers have been removed from duty after this video showing them hitting a man outside a store in mulberry,
healthcare, food, and free cell phone. s. we are egg g setting our country up for failure never degree. a california boutique is prohibiting customers from wearing masks, the store s owner says could prevent witnesses from getting an accurate description of suspects in the event of a crime. i want my money back. 8-year-old emit bailey wins the kid s u.s.a. championship. he wins $2,500. he plans to spend it on a go cart. so wake we up when it s all over. and i m wiser and i m older. all this time i ve been. steve: this is your 6:01 wake-up call. right now you have got, let s say, 84 degrees for a daytime high of 90. 0% chance of rain. relatively clear there however, the sunrise will be in 56 minutes at 6:56 this monday morning, monday, august 22, 2022. be and today brian in the center square ainsley is so off for couple days getting some r and r. katie is here with us. katie: beautiful day. i m excited. brian: exaggerating when it comes to new york. it s g
to coach legal it s important for the inflation deduction act. the white house joe manchin said this bill would increase inflation. of course you have to look at the message. straight to a fox news alert. al qaeda leaders ayman al-zawahiri, known for being usama bin laden s right-hand man, has been killed in a u.s. drone strike in kabul, afghanistan. after carefully considering the clear and convincing evidence of his location i authorized a precision strike they would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. al-zawahiri help planned bombings of the u.s.. since september 11th there has been a $25 billion award offered for any information leading to his capture. he came to helmick became the leader of al qaeda following the death of usama bin laden. the taliban were warned of the strike and that it was a violation of the agreement with u.s. fall found to withdraw from afghanistan. antony blinken s of the taliban grossly violated the agreement by sheltering aym