classified, but had nothing inside. cbs elise preston is in jackson, mississippi, pressing the mayor for answers as the water crisis there moves in to day five. how does a city with a black mayor and black leadership fail its black residents? cordes: and cbs steve hartman is on the road as a community of strangers steps up. it makes me so happy. reporting from the nation s capital. cordes: good evening and thank you for joining us on this busy friday night. i m nancy cordes. norah o donnell is on assignment. tonight, the labor day travel rush is in full swing as americans take to the road and the skies for one final getaway of the summer. a.a.a. expects it to be the busiest labor day travel weekend in three years, bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels. the national average for a gallon of gas is now $3.81. that s down $1.21 cents from the peak in june. airports are also crowded with passengers after a frustrating summer. since memorial day, nearly 48,000 u.s. fligh
dead, inccluding six chiildren,, and d the number of victims, we, ththat s e expected to clli entire communities in some of the poorest places in our country. search-and-rescue teams backed by the national guard are going door to door frantically looking for the missing. president biden has declared a major disaster. it is the latest in a string of catastrophic natural disasters this summer floods, extreme drought, and wildfires. we is have a lot of news to get to tonight. mike seidel from our partners at the weather channel will start us off. mike, good evening. reporter: good evening, major. something we don t need is any more heavy rain that is coming down now this evening right across this creek. yesterday morning, the water got up to where the top of my head is. look tebrie. the souv flipped over in the creek. this caught many people off guard and tonight emergency crews are working around the clock and hoping to find and save anyone left behind. as the floodwaters i
and i m here whenever you re ready to talk. garrett: the actor posts an emotional apology to chris rock for the onstage slap at the oscars. hear what smith had to say. mega millions turns to megabillion. lottery fever as hopeful players line up for a long-shot chance at a billion-dollar payday. 9/11 families protest trump and the saudi-bracked golf tour. why the former president and players are accused of putting money ahead of justice. a halloween scare from hershey. why the chocolate maker says trick-or-treaters could be without their favorite treats. and on the road, with an update on the unlike friendship between twins and a world war ii veteran. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett in for norah. tonight, the death toll in kentucky continues to rise following what the governor called the worst flooth disaster he has ever seen.
how a mega-drought is transforming the grand canyon and the groom stranded on his wedding day and the police boat that saved the day. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening a disturbing warning tonight apparently tied to the fbi s search of former president donald trump s home last week fbi and homeland security advising agents in a joint intelligence bulletin of an increase in threats to federal law enforcement, identifying threats coming online, some reportedly with personal information of possible targets attached, addresses, family members at least one suspect now charged tonight after threatening posts were allegedly linked to him. mr. trump himself warning today about what could happen if the temperature of the country is not cooled down the ex-president also accusing the fbi of seizing his passports during its execution of the search warrant. kelly o donnell starts us off tonight with late details reporter: tonight federal agents
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