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what authorities just revealed. the record heat wave in the northeast. the heat index, the feel-like reading topping 100 degrees in new york city, philadelphia to washington. and in boston tonight, the sixth day of record temperatures above 95 degrees. at this hour, the threat of storms and flooding. ginger zee tracking it all. president biden and the major bipartisan victory tonight. signing the $280 billion bill increasing microchip production here in the u.s. chips used in cars,...

take on the u.s. reaching herd immunity texas ending mask mandate and letting businesses open 100%. the record surge of migrant children as the president under pressure a new warning from the white house. mud slides forcing mandatory evacuations in california and hawaii the state of emergency tonight. one year later a question what was the last photo you took before the pandemic hit. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening, seven weeks into his presi...

Jewish community. Up to 1924, Ultra Orthodox Jews generally chose not to come to the United States. There were even rabinic rulings in europe discouraging jewish immigration to america. It was very simple. If you come to america, it will be better for your body. It will be worse for your soul. And your grandchildren will be gentiles. And they said dont come to america. And as a result, the ultra communities did not. After world war ii, though, the surviving ultra communities did. In part, they c...

Colonial period to modern day. This event is part of a twoday u. S. Capital Historical Society symposium. Its about an hour and 15 minutes. The keynote opening this particular symposium. We have paul finkelman. Those of you who come on a routine basis know paul well. Hes been our fearless leader for the past several years in helping to direct the symposium. Because of that, i feel like no introduction is needed. That old canard, but in pauls case, its really true. Ill just say that he comes to u...

Was in the 80s. When a soviet Jewry Movement begins here in the United States. And the American Jewish Community Found itself in direct, direct defiance of the wishes of the Israeli Government that wanted the russians to go there. And the American Jewish community argued freedom of choice. On immigration. Of course once the russian jews arrive here in large numbers, they really dont want a lot to do with them and ill just end with an anecdote. I mentioned to my own synagogue board, maybe we shou...

Deduction Retirement Plan through work and plan design, automatic enrollment. So, tax reform, i think can compliment those features. But we shouldnt lose sight of that. Those are two key things that we need to continue to push forward with. With respect to tax reform, one thing i would say is that we need to, i think in order to have impact in that debate, we need to talk about what it means for additional savings, what it means in the context of tax reform which is focussed on making tax cuts s...

I strongly agree with senator mccaskill, and she is verywe aware of my views because we have discussed hers and mine at length and i know that you agree that consumer complaints about this intrusive, invasive practice are very well justified. The fact that Consumers Union conservatively estimates that 350 million are lost annually to phone scams, generally a lot of them the result of robocalls and the good news is advanced technologys available and affordable to stop these very intrusive and inv...

We need them most. Second, universal access. No matter who you are or where you live in this country, for a fair shot at 21st century prosperity, you need accesccess firstrate modern communications. That means we need policies that foster deployment and adoption in urban areas, rural areas and in between. Third, competition. Competition increases innovation and lowers prices. Fourth, Consumer Protection. Communication services are multiplying, but the marketplace is also bewildering to navigate....

Which leads me to believe more of a wintery mix, could be ice. This storm has a lot of potential and moisture, the same storm that slammed into california. We could see rain or ice ending as snow by Tuesday Morning as colder air moves in. This is the storm. It begins to work its way across the country late in the week, a new blast of arctic air to move south. The question is this is about sunday, west coast storm makes it into the Mississippi River valley. After that how far south will this arct...

And those organizations, i would love to have a one on one with bill oreilly, not on fox news. Hear any mutual place. I welcome that, bill, if youre watching, or joe scarborough. Because hes just as guilty. Or whats the guy who runs hardball . Chris matthews. These men have gone out of their way to the horrific things about americas muslims. And i think the fact that the rhetoric, we talked about words, the rhetoric goes uncontested and no one really challenges to some extent these comments. Con...