nightly news with lester holt. good evening from houston where i am on assignment working on a story for a future broadcast but our top story tonight, the flooding catastrophe in kentucky where officials say at least 19 people have died including children with a toll expected to climb. authorities are not even sure how many people are still missing with fresh concern about more life-threatening flash floods this weekend. urgent rescues in boats and from helicopters continue with crews saving hundreds already. the governor telling me on thursday it s by far the worst flooding disaster in his lifetime 6 more inches of rain are expected in parts of the already devastated region. northeast tennessee, southwest virginia and west virginia also in the storm zone. all of it accentuating a climate crisis that is causing more intense and frequent severe weather emergencies around the world we have it all covered tonight beginning with maggie vespa in hard hit kentucky. reporter: i
the new image of the widespread devastation coming in tonight. hundreds of people rescued, and the desperate search for the untold number still unaccounted for. our team is in the flood zone also tonight the next generation of covid booster shots targeting the now dominant omicron subvariants. when the biden administration plans to roll them out. the 28-year-old woman who died after falling out of a police car state investigators say deputies never shut the door. her family speaking out today. what they are demanding. will smith breaking his silence about that now infamous oscars attack, his first on-camera apology to chris rock and the response smith said he got when he reached out to the comedian a surge in shark attacks. this summer. we re out with the shark patrol on the lookout for danger in the water. tonight s mega millions jackpot soaring to nearly $1.3 billion and a beloved member of our nbc news family signing off tonight. announcer: this is nbc