and an update on her cancer battle, saying she s making progress but not out of the woods yet. her plans to make a public return this weekend. president biden meeting with the pope on the sidelines of the g7. also jimmy fallon, chris rock, whoopi goldberg at the vatican for a star-studded event. california s crumbling coastline and the families who fear their homes will be washed away. and our exclusive access to the hidden secret beneath the ruins of pompeii, newly discovered after nearly 2,000 years. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. we have made it to the end of the week, and it has been a disastrous one for millions in south florida who have been hit with relentless rain for four straight days now. a flood watch still in effect in many areas this evening after storms brought more than 20 inches of rain to the region, leaving roads underwater, cars submerged, and hundreds of homes flooded. first responders carrying
dangerous driving, part of i-95 shut down. destructive winds bringing trees down. and that tornado warning. and the rest of the east set to get hit with potentially record high temperatures. tonight, the two american tourists electrocuted in a jacuzzi at a resort in mexico. one is dead, the other injured. authorities are now studying. in atlanta tonight, inside that deadly bus hijacking. the man who was killed, and what happened on that bus, speeding through two counties. you ll hear the emergency calls. passengers trapped on the bus. off florida tonight, the russian warships steaming into havana bay, including a nuclear-powered submarine. tonight, the u.s. tracking this with a show of force. the first time in 16 years. martha raddatz with late reporting. tonight, a major escalation on israel s northern border. the iranian-backed hezbollah launching more than 200 rockets in just a matter of hours. meanwhile, back in the u.s. tonight, authorities describing a chillin