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cars spilling into the river with the worst yet to come. tucker carlson breaking his silence after his dismissal by fox news the nenew findingsgs about a diabetes drug that could be a game changer for weight loss the chananging face e of hollywood how prododuction is s being trtransformed by artificial intelligence and remembering jerry springer, beloved ringmaster of his hit talk show circus announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. we begin tonight with breaking news. sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news that former vice president mike pence appeared before a federal grand jury this afternoon as part of a special counsel investigation into former president trump s attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. it s believed pence has direct knowledge of mr. trump s efforts to block certification of the 2020 election pence s testimony legally pitting him against the man who could very well be a rival for the 2024
reunited with their parents. authorities late today calling calling it a targeted attack and what we have now learned about the suspect, alex perez with late reporting from the scene tonight. on the scene here at mississ mississippi, the staggering path of destruction. the national weather service confirming this was an ef-4 tornado. at least 170 mile-per-hour winds on the ground, more than an hour. at least 22 people killed in these tomatoes and what we witnessed right here on the scene. the families, the remarkable survival stories and what we have just learned about the victims. the lives lost. linsey davis here with their stories. and the new storms now tonight. senior meteorologist rob marciano with the forecast. we are monitoring the potentially dangerous situation in israel. massive protests in the streets of jerusalem and tel aviv. major unions going on strike. outrage over prime minister management netanyahu s push for judicial overhaul and the defense minister fired
tornadoes in the last 24 hours and all of last year. this is rolling fork, mississippi, one county constable says the community is gone there and what s left? looks like a landfill. at least 24 people are confirmed dead 23 in mississippi , one in alabama and all of last year across the entire country. tornadoes killed 23 people, according to the national weather service. this is already exceeding that right now, state and federal leaders are already mobilizing help to the hardest hit areas. cnn s nick valencia is in rolling fork, mississippi. nick, tell us what you re seeing there. hey jim. we just got here on the ground and it is just, you know, it s awful. it s striking to see these images anywhere. you go in the country , but you know, our attention was certainly grabbed by the site here and just how much damage there is. throughout this town of about 2000 residents were in rolling fork. this is the mississippi delta and this here is one of the staples of the community. th
caribbean, hundreds of thousands of people have no power or running water. it is difficult. the worst does appear far from over as we watch the track here with turks and caicos and bermuda. now in fiona s path. we are keeping a very close eye on that of course. also this morning new details on the 2020 election. surveillance footage showing what happened inside a georgia election office on the same day voting machines were compromised there. a republican county official and associate seen working with an attorney for former president trump spending hours inside of that restricted area. but let s begin in puerto rico where today marks actually five years since hurricane maria s catastrophic landfall on the island and now the same survivors of that crisis say the devastating flooding from this storm could be even worse. our lay low sanity thyago is on the ground in san juan with the latest. reporter: today the majority of people in puerto rico are waking up without power