Underwater, up to ten inches of rain could fall before it all ends. Also tonight, countdown to the shutdown. Lastditch efforts to fund the government fail with no plan in sight. Speaker mccarthy under pressure. Millions of workers set to go without pay and millions more could lose services in just over 24 hours. The death of a states woman. Dianne feinstein, the Trailblazing California Democrat who served in the senate for three decades. How she broke the Glass Ceiling for so many. Bipartisan tributes coming in tonight. Just in, the first guilty plea in the trump election interference case in georgia. A Surprise Arrest in the murder of rapper tupac shakur. Why now after 30 years . The uaw expanding its strike against ford and gm as talks stall. The fight over electric cars. And harry smith on whether a new Grocery Store could help Feed One American Town and heal old wounds. Reporter this is nbc Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. As we come on the air, a Nightmare Commute home is underway here in the nations biggest metropolitan area. Virtually paralyzed today by flooding rains, New York City under a State Of Emergency tonight with 23 Million People under flood watches across new york, new jersey, and connecticut. New yorks governor saying this is not an ordinary rainfall, calling it historic. Numerous cars have been stranded on flooded urban streets and roads. Some drivers in need of rescue. Subways and suburban rail trains stopped after water flooded tracks, and Flight Disruptions at the regions three major airports rippling across the country tonight. Up to eight inches of rain have fallen in the new york area since last night. Some areas bracing for doubledigit rainfall amounts before its all over. Stephanie gosk from brooklyn tonight. How serious was the flooding there in . Reporter lester, it rained so hard, so fast, this water had nowhere to go. Two it three months worth in a single day. There were places here in brooklyn where it almost rained three inches in an hour. While it has led up a little bit, the damage is done. When the rain started coming down, it didnt stop. Overnight and into rush hour. New york city grinding nearly to a halt. This is time for heightened alertness and extreme caution. Reporter states of emergency declared in new york and in new jersey with major roadways flooded, drivers in stalled cars had to be rescued in the city and suburbs along with several people in Basement Apartments. The heaviest rain hitting neighborhoods in brooklyn and queens. Transportation has been a nightmare. One city bus on a flooded street. Passengers had no choice but get soaked. Impacting every subway line. Some shut down all together. In Train Stations water poured through grates, flowed downstairs and even gushed straight out of the walls. The trains werent running because of flooding. Reporter Commuter Trains in and out. City shut down. Hundreds of flights canceled. At jfk it was the wettest day ever recorded while at laguardia an Ntire Terminal had to be closed when rainwater poured into departures. It was all bad. You had water coming in all through the bathrooms, the entrance there. Reporter some areas could see ten inches before its over. High intensity rainfall like this an effect of climate change. The conditions so bad it reminded many new yorkers of the remnants of Hurricane Ida that killed 13 people two years ago. Many of the deaths then happening in Basement Apartments where flash floods caught families by surprise. The governor telling people today not to take any chances. Leave your home if you are starting to see water accumulate. Dont wait until its up to your knees or higher. Reporter tonight another rush hour and still the rain has not stopped. Stephanie gosk, nbc news, brooklyn. Also tonight, they tried and failed again today to come up with a deal in congress to keep the government funded and running past tomorrows midnight deadline with millions of federal work and many Government Programs threatened. Garrett haake now with late details. Reporter tonight the federal government on the brink of shutdown. The bill is not passed. Reporter 21 House Republicans joining with democrats to defeat speaker mccarthys latest stopgap plan to keep the government open while slashing spending. Look up the word dysfunction in the city and you see United States congress drawing the 143rd scale. Reporter demanding even more spending cuts. The American People get screwed with more debt and more spending that they do not want. Reporter sparking republican anger with just one day left to pass a Spending Bill and avoid a midnight shutdown saturday. They killed the conservative position we could take and called themselves the conservatives. Make that make sense. Reporter the speaker looking to shift blame if 3. 5 million federal workers are forced forego paychecks, though most will receive back pay when a shutdown ends. What do you say to federal workers who worry about their paychecks, this is a political gamble i am saying the republicans in here are trying to keep the government open. Sounds like you think the democrats are going to shut it down. Reporter as President Biden warned of the impact on 2 million Military Families who will serve without pay. You cant be playing politics while our troops stand in the breach. Its an absolute dereliction of duty. Reporter families like jessicas. Her husband serves in the coast guard. Her message for lawmakers. If you believe in this country, if you believe in the people that are willing to lay their lives down to defend it, show us. Work together. Garrett, you covered congress a long time. What are the chances they solve this by tomorrows deadline . Reporter the chances are bad now. They are getting worse by the hour. The house has no plan and the senate has already gone home for the night. The government shuts down at midnight tomorrow night. And lawmakers will still be paid in the event of a shutdown. Garrett haake, thanks. A shutdown of the federal government is not absolute. For example, the v. A. Says Veterans Health care will not be impacted. Some other v. A. Services will be suspended and region Benefits Offices will be closed. A shutdown would affect Government Programs, many others depend on, including headstart for lowincome children and Food Assistance through w. I. C. And as for essential workers, including the millions who keep the country safely moving each day, they will stay on the job p but be forced would work without pay as they did during the 2019 Government Shutdown. Tom costello has that part of the story. Reporter from the boarder patrol to the coast guard to Food Inspectors to the nations airports, yet another Government Shutdown will hit the very people who keep the country safe. Including 50,000 tsa officers who ensure planes are safe to fly. And 10,000 air Traffic Controllers, already understaffed and working tenhour days, sixday weeks. Controller errors have led to several close calls in the nations skies this year. Now the added stress of working without pay. You cant not pay your mortgages. You cant not pay your car payments. You cant not pay your utilities. But the government is giving us zero balance pay days. Reporter four years ago, many tsa officers going without a paycheck started quitting so they could could find a job that would put food on the table. Air Traffic Controllers after about a month started calling in sick. The 2019 shutdown finally ended when air travel was reduced it to a trickle. Also affected this year the nations parks. Nbcs Priscilla Thompson is at Big Thicket National preserve in texas. Across the country, 423 National Parks could be shuttered, meaning services from Trash Collection to Bathroom Cleaning and campground operations would all be halted. Reporter while social security, medicaid and medicare continue, Passport Processing delayed. Americans front line workers and Everyday Americans living paychecktopaycheck in the crosshairs of political brinksmanship, even as members of congress continue collecting their pay. Tom costello, nbc news, washington. Dianne feinstein, the longest serving woman in Senate History and a role model for generations of women has died at age 90. Her life and legacy. Reporter Tonight Tributes for Dianne Feinstein. Her desk in black, a vase of white roses for a senator known for sending flowers to colleagues. There are 25 women serving in if this chamber and every one will admit they stand on diannes shoulders. Her beloved home state of california and our entire nation are better for her dogged advocacy and diligent service. The country will miss her dearly and so will jill and i. Reporter and women senators for whom she painted watercolors. Every time i would pass by, i would look at it and think about how talented dianne was in so many different areas. Reporter feinsteins political career began in tragedy. November 1978, San Francisco mayor George Moscone and Board Of Supervisors member harvey milk assassinated in city hall. Both mayor George Moscone and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed. Reporter cementing her lifelong commitment to gun safety. Elected San Franciscos mayor, she was on democratic nominee walter mondales short list for running mate before he chose geraldine ferraro. I have had an opportunity now to be the first woman and the first mayor to be asked to go through an interview process, and i view that as a major opening of the door. Reporter it was a public outcry over the all male Judiciary Committee grilling of anita hill that got her to the senate. Joe biden made her the committees first woman. She led the charge to pass an Assault Weapons ban as the first woman to chair the Intelligence Committee took on the cias Water Boarding of prisoners leading to the out las vegas the bush administrations harsh interrogations. She showed signs of age and poor health, noticeably frail when returning to the senate, but rallying, voting yesterday before a visit with congresswoman jane harman. I wept there because i miss her. She has been voting as she always did. Reporter always Opening Doors for women. Dianne left us the way she lived. On her own terms. She knew what she wanted to get accomplished. She respected diversity. She was as bipartisan as they come. Reporter Dianne Feinstein did to her way, always bipartisan, even if frustrating some democrats, but true to herself. Lester. Andrea mitchell, thank you. Kristen welker, moderator of Meet The Press joins us now. Californias governor will have to make an interim appointment to replace feinstein in some tricky political waters. Thats right, lester. The pressure is on governor gavin newsom to decide who will fill her senate seat. Newsom said he would pick a shortterm poignant. He told nbc he wouldnt choose anyone who is currently running to avoid tipping the balance and among the candidates representative barbara lee, katie porter and adam schiff. They face off in a march primary. Newsom pledged to appoint a black am to the role. A source close to newsom tells me tonight he will announce his selection in the coming days. Lester. Kristen welker, thank you. In georgia the first plea deal today in the election interference case against former President Trump and 18 others. Scott hall, a bail bondsman, was accused of trying to tamper with election data. Under the agreement, he pleaded guilty to five Misdemeanor Charges and was sentenced to five years of probation. Also breaking tonight, a man arrested in las vegas in The Killing Of Tupac Shakur almost three decades after the rapper was gunned down. The suspect had spoken publicly about being in the car that opened fire on shakur. Here is miguel almaguer. Reporter 27 years after the violent and public murder of famed rapper tupac shakur, tonight las vegas authorities have finally announced charges in the case. Arrested today, selfdescribed gang member duane davis is now indicted by a grand jury for murder. This is the indictment we have been waiting almost three decades for. Reporter while police do not believe davis was the triggerman in the 1996 driveby shooting, he is long admitted he was inside the gunmans car when shots were fired on the vegas strip. Duane davis was the shock collar for this group of individuals that committed this crime. Reporter todays arrest comes just weeks after investigators raided Davis Henderson home, seizing a trove of electronics, photographs, and a copy of his memoir, compton street legends, in which he wrote and spoke about the shooting. Who shot tupac . This case was a reinvigorated as Additional Information came to light, specifically duane davis own admissions. Reporter with davis in custody, Authorities Say the other men in the car that night are all dead. A hiphop icon whose music is legendary, tupac was murdered at just 25. Tonight with an arrest in the case, shakur remains revered and relevant in life and death. Miguel almaguer, nbc news. In 60 seconds, a serious speed bump as the auto workers strike against ford and gm expands. Thousands more walking out. Why electric cars are at the heart of the fight next. Vere crohns Disee Skyrizi is the first and only il23 inhibitor that can deliver clinical remission and endoscopic improvement. 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Reporter tonight more United Auto Workers walking off the job. Le working class deserves more. I would love to get it. Reporter Union Striking at two additional plants including had michigan General Motors facility. After not targeting ford last friday, today the union putting that company back in the bullseye at a chicago plant. What changed the last week . They didnt meet objectives where we need to be. We went backwards. We tried to accommodate some concerns the companies have. End of the day, they moved the goal line. Reporter fords ceo, jim farley, taking a swipe at the uaws president. Shawn has been on the tv more than jake at state farm at this point. Reporter farley says he believes the holdup is largely over electric vehicle development. Evs could require fewer jobs. We have time to reach an agreement and avert a real disaster, but not much more time given the fragility of the supply base. Reporter the uaws president said the two sides are far apart on multiple issues, adding like a good neighbor, we are available 24 7. Gm says its offering historic Wage Increases and Job Security Whale not jeopardizing our future. The union didnt expand its strike against stellantis saying they made significant progress last minute. Gaps remain. Ford says the current offer allows an average employee to earn six figures in four years, but so far no deal. Lester. Thank you. Up next, Richard Engel on the front lines of the war in ukraine. What the children there have to do just to go