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announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening there is breaking news as we come on the air tonight. a federal judge has just blocked the biden administration s plans to lift covid-related restrictions at the southern u.s. border the trump-era rule known as title 42 was set to end on monday but will now remain in place. it allows border agents to expel migrants without a chance at asylum the case was brought by a large group of republican state attorneys general amid warnings lifting the rule would unleash even more people trying to enter the country. sam brock is along the border tonight with late details sam, what happens now? reporter: lester, good evening the dramatic ruling is a defeat for the biden administration just three days before they wanted to lift title 42 it means that a two-plus year freeze on asylum seekers continues. but the administration says it disagrees with the decision and plans to appeal as border crossings reach new h ....
Tropical storm Hilary's rampage across Southern California causes unprecedented rainfall, leading to widespread flooding, mudslides, and landslides.… ....
Suspensions and why it s raising larger questions. we begin with a major winter storm battering the east. kathy park is in a snowy syracuse, new york, where the state s governor has activated emergency resources. bill karens has the forecast for us too. kathy, it s beautiful behind you, but there s safety concerns. what s it like there? reporter: the snow as you can see, isn t letting up. it s been like this throughout the morning. we ve been slamming with heavy bands of snow throughout the morning. it s a heavy, wet snow. the roadways seem to be okay, just a slushy mess. no major problems on the roadways or for air travel in this region. we had a chance to talk to some of the residents here. they said they live in syracuse, ....
Formula because we don t know what s going to happen. reporter: one of millions of families hoping that flight from europe is ready for take off jo ling kent, nbc news, austin, texas. all right, we re following severe weather tonight including a confirmed tornado that ripped through the small town of gaylord in northern michigan ripping roofs from warehouses, causing heavy damage to mobile homes and tossing rvs. bill karens joins me now and some parts of the country seeing violent weather, others record heat we ll start with this strong tornado just hours ago we know homes and businesses were destroyed, cars were tossed we know there were injuries search and rescue continues at this hour for the people that are missing. we ve also been tracking some strong to severe weather through pennsylvania and new jersey that tornado watch has been dropped so we re no longer concerned with severe weather heading to the new york city area now let s talk about the heat 36 million people are in ....
A lot of the other areas that i have been looking, i saw pictures of a railroad that is washed out. so we are showing you these areas. there is a bit, new jersey and pennsylvania, they had rivers and streets going right through downtown last night. there is a number of areas and neighborhoods that weir not showing you because we can t get to them. the right side of your screen, central new jersey, this is a neighborhood in somerset. cars are nearly fully submerged, houses flooded, but to bill s ....