Tonight tropical storm henri hammers the
northeast
tens of millions in the storm's path as
it barrels across several states
bringing drenching rain and flooding
cars submerged people rescued from
rising water nursing homes evacuated and
hundreds of thousands without power and
a deadly disaster in tennessee flash
flooding leaves at least 21 people dead
and 50 still missing
this is almost a biblical proportions
here the race against time defines
survivors crisis in afghanistan the u.s
orders commercial airlines to help
transport evacuees as president biden
defends the speed of those evacuations
with the situation on the ground
increasingly dangerous
vaccine boost full fda approval for the
pfizer vaccine could come as early as
tomorrow will it help convince the
unvaccinated to get the shot as cases
and hospitalizations keep climbing
pushing hospital workers to the brink
our special report the vanished the dark
history of some native american boarding
schools
this is nbc nightly news with kate snow
good evening much of new england still
being drenched by tropical storm henri
as we come on the air after being
downgraded from hurricane status this
morning on remade landfall in rhode
island and now heads toward vermont and
new hampshire water rescues are already
happening in new jersey flooding one of
the biggest concerns tonight 38 million
people are now under some form of flood
alert with more expected rivers are
close to flood stage in many areas and
you can see just how many people have
felt this storm by looking at the view
from space we have our teams spread out
throughout the northeast beginning with
kathy park in rhode island
tropical storm anri tore through new
england downgraded from a category one
hurricane but still packing a powerful
punch after landfall
with heavy rains and damaging winds oh
my god as it blew through rhode island
it knocked out power to tens of
thousands i'm pleased to report the
national grid has crews already out
across the state working on restoration
president biden saying federal support
is standing by
fema has already pre-positioned
resources in the region
to speed our ability to respond
massive waves crashed the coastline
closing narragassa beach residents
venturing out when it appeared the worst
was over we lost our power at home so we
came out to enjoy enjoy the waves here
in connecticut more problems with power
at least 24 thousand customers losing
electricity our kristen dahlgren is
there flooding is also an issue even as
some places begin to breathe a sigh of
relief flash flooding could be a threat
overnight especially to the west of
where we are and here in connecticut
four nursing homes had to be evacuated
250 residents moved as the storm was
approaching
with winds clocking over 50 miles per
hour in massachusetts trees didn't stand
a chance and further inland roads
turning treacherous
a damaging blow from henri
as it winds down and moves out
and kathy joins us now from narragansett
town beach in rhode island how is it
looking there now kathy
well conditions have improved
dramatically no coastal flooding to
report where we are but high winds were
a big concern earlier in the day
meanwhile all coastal watches and
warnings have since been canceled
kate all right kathy thank you the new
york area narrowly escaped a direct hit
by andre but the storm still being felt
here more than six inches of rain have
fallen in central park already ron allen
is out on long island at the montauk
lighthouse
anri pounded the shores of new york's
long island by then not the hurricane
many expected but through the day the
rain and winds still extremely intense
pretty crazy
a lot stronger than i thought it would
be long island may have escaped the
direct hit that many feared but it's
still taking quite a punch the center of
the storm is passing by us just about
now out there off the coast out in the
atlantic and the big problem right now
is the wind not so much the rain
but across the region henry's downpours
caused widespread flash flooding in new
jersey nearly 100 motorists who ignored
the warnings rescued from vehicles
please seek shelter a huge concert in
central park evacuated because of
lightning procedure vehicles and
protected areas the park drenched by
more than four inches of rain saturday
night now warnings of more high water
possible in already soaked inland areas
now is not the time to say we're out of
harm's way we are not out of harm's way
from the tip of new york's furthest
point out into the atlantic ocean the
keeper of this lighthouse watching it
all unfold sounds like long island
dodged a bullet i think we did we could
have been worse not to say it was all
that good but it could have been a lot
worse with henry now moving into
massachusetts and expected to reach as
far north as new hampshire and maine in
the coming days many here in its wake
breathing a sigh of relief
and ron joins us now from eastern the
eastern tip of long island that part of
the state fortunate that the storm moved
through really quickly ron
yes but there are still flash flood
warnings in place here and throughout
the area and from here up high at the
top of atop the base of the lighthouse
we can still see that there are a lot of
dark clouds in the sky the weather keeps
changing here and there's still a very
strong gusty wind blowing in off the
ocean and those are reminders to
residents out here to remain vigilant
kate yeah this is not over yet ron thank
you so much in tennessee meantime a
heartbreaking situation after a huge
rainstorm there on saturday caused
deadly flooding rescuers are racing to
find people who are still missing
tonight von hilliard has more
heavy rains beared down in the heart of
tennessee 17 inches causing floods that
turned deadly well the water was
what had such tremendous force i mean it
looked like i've been white water
rafting and i've never been down water
like that that's how the water was
coming down
at least 21 lives lost and dozens still
missing among those killed two toddlers
the national guard in other state and
local emergency teams trying to account
for those missing
is knocked out cell service and mass
power outages complicated loved ones
efforts to find each other
there was a house right here the women
and the children were on top of the roof
waiting for someone to come help them
homes cars and roads wiped out as
residents clung on for life what did the
storm look like to you
it was just just a river is what it
looked like through the town yeah just
just a full floating river straight
through town a community including the
county sheriff reckoning with the
tragedy
you know they just went got one of my
best friends it's recovered him
when he was got he drowned in this
bond so many people still missing what's
the search and rescue plan now
okay the devastation here is immense and
those search crews are now working their
way down some of these back roads
through these hilly rural tennessee
communities here but this site is
evidence alone of just how strong those
currents were here yesterday and there
are now 43 individuals whose names were
just released in the last hour by
officials those officials asking the
public to help and identifying where
those individuals are where their
whereabouts may be but for others it's
their businesses you heard from the
gentleman david at the beginning of that
piece i met him just about 100 yards
down the road from here he was standing
on a slab of cement with his three young
boys and i asked him if this was his
house he said no it was his family car
wash the business is gone too here
kate vaughn thank you now let's go to
the crisis in afghanistan president
biden says 28 000 people have been
evacuated in just over a week but
pressure is mounting on the president
and the administration to rescue
americans and allies still on the ground
monica alba is at the white house
president biden conceding the evacuation
from kabul has been hard and painful
we have a long way to go
and a lot could still go wrong
acknowledging military discussions on
whether to stay beyond the august 31st
deadline our hope is we will not have to
extend and expanding the safe zone
around the airport the security
environment is changing rapidly as the
situation outside the airfield continues
to deteriorate a state department memo
obtained by nbc news revealing that 150
unauthorized individuals rushed through
the gates whenever they're opened senior
officials concerned over a possible
attack on crowds from isis the threat is
real it is acute it is persistent and it
is something that we are focused on with
every tool in our arsenal there are
still at least several thousand
americans stranded in afghanistan the
white house not ruling out sending
additional forces to help with the
president seeking daily input from his
military commanders on the possibility
of more troops so far the answer has
been no but he will ask again today in a
30-hour period this weekend the u.s
military helped airlift 11 thousand
people from kabul
the biden administration negotiating
agreements with two dozen countries on
four continents to serve as transit
points military planes touching down
regularly at ramstein air base in
germany the pentagon activating
emergency use of 18 commercial aircraft
to fly evacuees from third party
countries to america saying it won't
impact u.s flights once refugees arrive
many will be temporarily housed at the
dulles expo center in chantilly virginia
before being transported to army bases
across the country
monica is with us now monica local staff
at the u.s embassy in kabul say they're
losing faith in the u.s government what
can you tell us
those employees say they're quote deeply
disheartened by what they've seen on the
ground writing in a cable to the state
department about their harrowing
experiences trying to get to the kabul
airport one saying it would be better to
die under the taliban's bullet than face
those crowds again
kate monica alba at the white house for
us now to the corona virus and reports
that the fda could give full approval
not just emergency authorization to the
pfizer vaccine as soon as tomorrow and
that could boost vaccination efforts at
a time when the delta variant continues
to ravage the south emily aquida has
more
tonight exhaustion setting in as
healthcare workers battle a fourth coved
wave in a relentless pandemic
we're trying to do our best but
something has to give florida topping
three million cases the third state to
do so jesse jackson and his wife
hospitalized after testing positive for
covid19 the reverend vaccinated back in
january meanwhile icu beds filling fast
five states within 10 percent of
reaching capacity
mississippi experiencing the most
hospitalization since the start of the
pandemic state health officials ordering
people to home isolate on first
knowledge of infection with covid19
failure to do so could result in a 500
dollar fine or even six months behind
bars
mississippi is only second to alabama
for lowest inoculation rates for many on
the front lines of this pandemic their
patience is wearing thin
it's especially hard right now because
you look at it and you say this is
preventable but vaccine hesitancy there
runs deep even at the recommendation of
former president trump at a rally
saturday i recommend taking the vaccines
i did it it's good take the vaccines but
you got now that's okay still
vaccination rates nationwide are ticking
up a trend that could see another boost
by the fda's first full approval of a
vaccine the new york times reporting
that could come as early as monday full
approval by the fda would mean that some
of the things that have been holding
people back from getting vaccinated will
hopefully be reduced or removed a rare
glimmer of hope in an unforgiving
pandemic emily ikeda nbc news still
ahead tonight the desperate race to
contain more than a dozen large
wildfires in california also the urgent
new warning about america's deadly need
for speed
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tonight a new warning about speeding
during the pandemic the number of
highway deaths in 2020 was the highest
in a decade despite fewer cars on the
road jacob sobroff has more
as the pandemic emptied out city streets
drivers took to the open roads
at blazing
speeds fred ashmore set a record for the
fastest solo drive from new york to
california last year topping out at 159
miles an hour you drove from new york to
los angeles in 26 hours
actually is a little less than 26 hours
25 hours and 55 minutes but who's
counting and all across the country no
signs of slowing down from texas
to new york
and in nebraska where state troopers saw
an over 70 percent increase in speeding
since the pandemic began
as drivers we're so used to being in
areas that are congested and then all of
a sudden when we're able to go fast
we're like oh wow i'm going to really
put the pedal to the metal because
there's no one around making 2020 one of
the deadliest on the roads highway
deaths were the greatest in more than a
decade up 11 percent from the year
before but experts say it's all
preventable this isn't a mystery we
already have a vaccine it's it's slow
down it's where your seat belt don't
drink and drive at the beginning of the
pandemic it was no secret that people
were driving a little faster than normal
on the freeways when they were wide open
the question is are they still and
there's really only one way to find out
can i borrow that is that all right oh
yes
with this thing he's still going 81 even
after he slowed down california highway
patrol issued more than double the
number of tickets this year alone to
drivers going over 100 miles per hour
compared to pre-pandemic levels are you
still seeing more people than normal
absolutely at higher speeds absolutely
you have a five lane freeway wide open
people are going excess 80 900 miles an
hour and experts fear pandemic speeding
may be here to stay the longer this
pandemic goes and the longer we don't
have as much traffic enforcement
that we need
this becomes our new normal drivers
putting the pedal to the metal with
deadly consequences
jacob soberoff nbc news los angeles 79
for that escalade
we are back in a moment with the hidden
truth about some native american
boarding schools
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we're back with an update on the massive
cal door wildfire burning in northern
california the fire exploding overnight
to nearly 100 000 acres with zero
percent containment firefighters are
battling more than a dozen large blazes
all across the state of california an
update to a report we first brought you
on this broadcast plans to build a nine
billion dollar plastics plant in an area
of louisiana known as cancer alley are
on hold now pending a thorough
environmental review late last year
critics told us the project would be
would double the toxic air emissions in
the area already home to a high number
of petrochemical facilities tonight in
our special series the vanished the
truth the tragic hidden truth of some
native american boarding schools right
here in the u.s antonia hilton has the
story
when yvonne walker keshik steps foot on
what was once holy childhood of jesus
boarding school in harbor springs
painful memories come flooding back
everything that was nato american they
tried to destroy yvonne was one of
thousands of native american kids many
of them odawa children sent to this
catholic boarding school between 1829
and 1983. students couldn't speak their
language or hold on to their traditions
every time they beat me up it got harder
and harder to learn she would take my
gravity by my hair and using me for an
eraser dragged me back and forth across
the blackboard you know until she erased
the numbers in the 19th and 20th
centuries the united states funded more
than 350 boarding schools with the goal
of assimilating and separating the
tribes holy childhood was one of the
longest running students often describe
themselves as survivors of physical and
even sexual abuse then a terrifying
discovery more than a thousand bodies
found in mass graves at similar schools
in canada in june the us government
announced a national investigation
eric hemingway is the archivist for the
little traverse bay bands of odawa
indians he has been uncovering school
records and artifacts for decades this
one a four-year-old four-year-old to
what extent do you think the federal
government was successful in its mission
it was successful and that many of us
don't speak our native language but
in a sense they're not successful
because i'm striving to learn that those
elements of
us as anishinabe are still out there the
language the customs the traditions holy
childhood has not responded to requests
for comment fred kyogma is marine corps
veteran and he says memories from holy
childhood still haunt him getting locked
in a freezing closet the racist remarks
a nun once forced him to eat vomit in
front of his brother that was
55 57 years ago
and i can remember his expressions
his tone
and
how small i felt
survivors say the first step of healing
is acknowledgment what do you think
we're going to find out in this
investigation
the federal investigation i would hope
that they find the truth but you got to
admit that it happened and that's what i
think people are so afraid of
because it tarnishes them it tarnishes
their religion it tarnishes their town
their school or whatever but it
shouldn't be that way antonia hilton nbc
news harbor springs michigan that is nbc
nightly news on a sunday i'm kate snow
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