hamas hitting a tent camp, killing dozens of palestinians. prime minister netanyahu calling it a tragic incident. the global outrage tonight. the urgent search for survivors in papua-new guinea. a catastrophic landslide hitting in the middle of the night. more than 2,000 feared buried alive. the horrifying rampage inside a u.s. movie theater. four girls stabbed but surviving. three of them sisters. their mother speaking out. the mid-air scare for boxer mike tyson. the medical emergency he suffered on a cross-country flight. remembering nba hall of famer bill walton. he was a legend on the basketball court and in the broadcast booth. and on this memorial day a final salute to a pearl harbor hero more than 80 years in the making. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening on this memorial day. i m tom llamas in for lester. we begin tonight with the severe storms slamming the east coast. just as millions of americans are returning home
questions you may have call now and we ll come to you 808 to one 4,000 it will all come down to this after more than five weeks and 20 plus witnesses attorneys in donald trump s hush money trial present. they re closing arguments tomorrow. will show you what to expect plus it s millions of americans facing the threat of severe weather this memorial day, the same storm system that already claimed the lives of at least 21 people leaving a path of destruction and it s way. and at least 45 people killed in israeli strike in rafah that gazan authorities they hit a camp for displaced people. the idf saying it took out we will senior hamas commanders. how could this strike impact hostage negotiations? we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to see it a nuisance. it s criminal trial of a former us president is now entering its final stage. i m boris sanchez alongside jessica dean in the nation s capital. closing arguments are
this holiday weekend. at least 23 people killed. entire neighborhoods leveled. a gas station collapsing as 125 people were sheltering inside. tonight more than 60 million at risk from texas to new york. major cities in the path. tornado watches in multiple states. and washington, d.c. we re tracking it all. it comes as a record number of americans are traveling right now. the weather delaying thousands of flights. also tonight, the general hospital star shot and killed during a suspected robbery. the search for the gunman. an israeli airstrike targeting hamas hitting a tent camp, killing dozens of palestinians. prime minister netanyahu calling it a tragic incident. the global outrage tonight. the urgent search for survivors in papua-new guinea. a catastrophic landslide hitting in the middle of the night. more than 2,000 feared buried alive. the horrifying rampage inside a u.s. movie theater. four girls stabbed but surviving. three of them sisters. their mother speak
i have some pictures to show you from arkansas. this was during the daylight hours yesterday. this was actually a pretty strong tornado, ef-3, 145 mile-an-hour winds. it was pretty narrow. about 300 yards wide. it destroyed a couple of buildings. there was an elementary school that was significantly damaged a cell phone tower fell down when it went lieu it. and also a couple of cars were flipped but that was one of the stronger tornadoes. and it is strange to look straight down in a building after a roof has been ripped off. in all 21 tornadoes reported in the last 24 hours. numerous tornados in mississippi and alabama, and that daylight, we will have a better idea of some of the damage that occurred during the overnight hours and the tornado watch continues around panama city and that is probably the strongest storm out there, currently, and atlanta, with the rainstorm for you, during the day today, as the storm system heads east, we still have 57 million people in the slight risk.