saluting the class of 2022 from the president to the fonz. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight, a dangerous tropical threat taking aim at florida, parts of the southern coast getting pounded by heavy rains. the tropical cyclone with warnings issued for a large part of the state, including south florida and the keys also on alert, parts of the bahamas and cuba where at leas one person already died dangerous rains expected to continue overnight, causing torrential downpours and possible tornadoes. just this week the national weather service predicting an above average hurricane season we start tonight with meteorologist bill karins tracking this dangerous storm. bill, what are you seeing reporter: tom, i m very concerned with heavy rainfall overwhelming flood control systems in south florida. they re thinking the possibility for water into homes, evacuations and rescues in the next 24 hours. let me give
Now at 11 00 oclock, we have our eye on the storm an wild week of weather. Tricky storm scenario is moving our way. It could deliver some messy weather over the next couple of days. Good evening, thanks for being with us tonight. Im chris may. Im jessica dean. All eyes are on serious winter punch thats headed our way right now. Meteorologist kathy orr is in very active cbs3 weather sent tonight. Kathy. This is just the beginning jessica and chris. We do have a storm that will be moving in tomorrow and its going to be prolonged over the next couple of days bring something snow, sleet freezing rain rain and another bout of snow which could be significant for our region. Take look at storm scan3 this is the storm thats moving our way. We do have a Winter Weather advisory posted for most of the region it begins tomorrow afternoon. So not the morning commute but the afternoon commute were talking about snow and sleet moving in and it is going to create afternoon problems. By 3 00 oclock, it
Tonight. Kathy. This is just the beginning jessica and chris. We do have a storm that will be moving in tomorrow and its going to be prolonged over the next couple of days bring something snow, sleet freezing rain rain and another bout of snow which could be significant for our region. Take look at storm scan3 this is the storm thats moving our way. We do have a Winter Weather advisory posted for most of the region it begins tomorrow afternoon. So not the morning commute but the afternoon commute were talking about snow and sleet moving in and it is going to create afternoon problems. By 3 00 oclock, its moving in. Then we have the sleet, during the dinner hour changes over to rain during the late night. That rain falls heavy at times on wednesday. So this is a time were talking about tomorrow between 3 00 and 9 00 p. M. Snow and sleet creating slow travel and definitely some icy spots. After that, were talking about heavy rain giving way to a bigger storm moving our way. That could pr
Paralysis. The exciting results come from a new technique which uses electrical stimulation of the nerves. We have doctor from National Institute of health which took part in the study. Dr. Gray, thanks for coming on the show. Tell us how this Technology Works . Thank you very much, gerri, im glad to be here. So this Technology Uses spinal stimulation. It takes off the shelf technology, which medtronic has developed to simulate the surface of the spinal column. Those these patients who are severely injured with spinal cord injury are implanted with spinal stimulation electrodes and these electrodes send signals to move the legs. Gerri people are moving their legs. They are wiggling their toes. People who thought they would never have hope for doing that will these people walk again . Well, of course that is the ultimate goal. But please remember, that this is the first step in a very Long Research study which we at the National Institutes of health and in particular, my institute, the
Extremists are plotting more attacks. The socalled affluenza mom who escaped with her spoiled son to mex, now trying to get out of jail herself. Her Court Hearing set to start right now. So let get to it. Breaking news. The mother of the socalled affluenza teen is due in court at any moment now. A live look at the courtroom in fort worth, texas, tonya couch accuse of helping her son escape to mexico. After video of him playing peer pong in 2014 he killed four people while driving drunk. A judge didnt send him to prison because the defense claim said he was so spoiled and didnt know right from wrong and had a bad case of affluenza. The judge bought. The teenager in a Detention Center in mexico but mom is back in texas, facing charges for helping her fugitive son. When she does go before the judge at any moment, were expecting her defense team to argue for a big reduction in bond, right now, its set at 1 million. As we reported here, tonya couch doesnt like her jail cell one bit. The she