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Damaging winds, and up to 13 feet of lifethreatening storm surge. President biden warning, it looks like the storm of the century. Officials fearing the impact could reshape floridas coastline. Millions urged or ordered to evacuate. The highways jammed. Many gas stations running out. The national weather service warning now is the time to shelter in place. Our full team coverage here in florida and al roker with a new track as we come on the air. Also tonight, the storm impacting the race for th...

its a contrast that the president will be taking to prime time on thursday with a speech in front of independence hall. the theme, a battle for the soul of the nation. the theme which he kicked off his 2020 campaign. democrats begin to gain momentum trying to shut down republican hopes of a red wave this fall. joining us now is nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli, senior national political reporter saheel carop, eugene daniels and julia torusa scranton joe is back with a pri...

and the ukrainians "inspiring america" through the power of dance. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening we have our eyes tonight on five tropical weather systems churning in the atlantic, including hurricane fiona still a strong storm at category 3 racing towards the canadian coastline earlier today, sideswiping the island nation of bermuda sparing it the full brunt of its fury but still knocking out power for a time and at sea the hurricane churning...

hurricane fiona continues its dangerous march forth as it churns past bermuda. right behind fiona is a storm that could become a major concern next week. weve got an update on all of that for you ahead. and the pressure on former president trump is mounting on multiple fronts. now the special master, who trump himself requested to review material seized from mar-a-lago is again putting his legal team on the spot giving the trump team until next friday to back up trumps name the fbi p...

Three Saildrone Explorers, uncrewed surface vehicles used to measure ocean data, embarked on a six-month journey around Maui, Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi to evaluate ocean health across the state.

The robots are helping scientists better predict the intensity of hurricanes.

Fiona as it churned through the atlantic. this was taken to what they call the sail drone, a camera that sits on top of the water. what youre witnessing, 50 foot waves, 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts there, category four storm made its way north. when it did glance bermuda, it was a category three. even though it was 100 miles away, we saw its sheer power in the wind-whipped areas that we passed through today, power poles were snapped. we know that crews are working as fast they can to restore pow...

Shortness of breath, fatigue or lightheadedness, contact your doctor. this is no time to wait. breaking news coming from off the coast of iran. nbc news reported a ship belonging to the iranian navy attempted to capture a u.s. drone around is 1:00 p.m. local time on monday. joining us now is pentagon correspondent courtney kuby. >> the u.s. thunder bolt, which is a patrol ship, saw this iranian support ship towing a sail drone about 11:00 last night. they tied to radio to the iranians many tim...

The robots are helping scientists better predict the intensity of hurricanes.

Land. theyre powered by the sun and wind and are built to take a beating. >> its designed to get hit by a wave, tumble, submerge and come up sailing. >> reporter: i see a camera up top. >> this hurricane mission is key to understand the spray, the foam on the water. were hoping we can see with the camera what the water looks like. >> reporter: the drone sensors and cameras can send data and images in realtime back to sail drones head quarters. >> these are measurements of wind, temperature, humi...