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  • DEADLY FLOOD EMERGENCY

  • AFTER HEAVY RAIN IN

  • THE SOUTH.

  • THE WIDESPREAD

  • FLOODING IN KENTUCKY

  • LEAVING AT LEAST EIGHT

  • DEAD.

  • THE GOVERNOR SAYING

  • THE TOTAL WILL LIKELY

  • REACH DOUBLE DIGITS.

  • A STATE OF EMERGENCY

  • DECLARED.

  • MAJOR ROADS

  • UNDERWATER.

  • RESIDENTS RESCUED FROM

  • THEIR HOMES.

  • OUR TEAM IS IN THE

  • FLOOD ZONE TONIGHT.

  • ALSO THIS EVENING, THE

  • NEW WARNING SIGN ON A

  • POTENTIAL RECESSION.

  • THE U.S. ECONOMY

  • SHRINKING FOR THE

  • SECOND STRAIGHT

  • QUARTER.

  • WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR

  • MONEY.

  • PRESIDENT BIDEN DOWN

  • PLAYING RECESSION

  • FEARS AS HE HAILED A

  • SURPRISE DEAL BROKERED

  • WITH SENATOR JOE

  • MANCHIN AS A HISTORIC

  • TOOL TO FIGHT

  • INFLATION.

  • CAN DEMOCRATS PASS IT

  • BEFORE AUGUST RECESS.

  • >>> AND THE PRESIDENT

  • UNDER PRESSURE.

  • THE WHITE HOUSE

  • SUPPOSEDLY KEEPING

  • TABS ON DEMOCRATS WHO

  • COULD CHALLENGE HIM IF

  • HE RUNS AGAIN IN 2024.

  • WHO IS ON THAT LIST?

  • >>> ANOTHER ONE-TIME

  • MEMBER OF DONALD

  • TRUMP'S INNER CIRCLE

  • MEETING TODAY WITH THE

  • JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE

  • AS THE FORMER

  • PRESIDENT TEES OFF AT

  • A CONTROVERSIAL GOLF

  • TOURNAMENT.

  • HIS COMMENT RAISING

  • EYEBROWS ABOUT 9/11.

  • >>> A BURNING BUILDING

  • COLLAPSING ON

  • FIREFIGHTERS.

  • THE DARING RESCUE.

  • >>> AND OUR NBC NEWS

  • EXCLUSIVE INSIDE THE

  • NATIONAL STOCKPILE

  • AFTER IT FELL SHORT

  • DURING COVID.

  • HOW PREPARED IS IT FOR

  • THE NEXT PANDEMIC?

  • >> THIS IS NBC

  • "NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH

  • LESTER HOLT.

  • >>> GOOD EVENING.

  • A CATASTROPHE IS HOW

  • KENTUCKY OFFICIALS ARE

  • DESCRIBING THE

  • DEADLY

  • SITUATION UNFOLDING

  • THERE TONIGHT AFTER 1

  • IN A

  • THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD

  • LEFT RESIDENTS

  • STRANDED ON ROOFTOPS

  • WASHED ROADS AWAY

  • AND TRIGGERED MUD

  • SLIDES AFTER NINE

  • INCHES OF RAIN FALL

  • FELL OVER 12 HOURS.

  • BY LATE AFTERNOON, THE

  • DEATH TOLL CLIMBING TO

  • 8 WITH MORE FEARED.

  • ALL OF IT PART OF THE

  • SAME STORM SYSTEM THAT

  • TRIGGERED MASSIVE

  • FLASH FLOODS IN ST.

  • LOUIS.

  • IT IS THE KIND OF

  • HEAVY PRECIPITATION

  • EVENT EXPERTS SAY ARE

  • BECOMING MORE COMMON

  • AS THE CLIMATE

  • CONTINUES TO CHANGE.

  • THE HARD HIT CITY OF

  • HAZARD, KENTUCKY,

  • TWEETING HELP YOUR

  • NEIGHBORS AND PRAY FOR

  • A BREAK IN THE RAIN.

  • BUT MORE IS EXPECTED.

  • THE RAIN A COMPOUND

  • DISASTER IN A STATE

  • STILL RECOVERING FROM

  • A DEADLY HIT BY AN

  • EF-4 TORNADO BACK IN

  • MAYFIELD

  • IN DECEMBER.

  • LATER I WILL SPEAK

  • WITH THE GOVERNOR FOR

  • A LATE UPDATE.

  • MAGGIE VESPA IS ON THE

  • SCENE TONIGHT.

  • >> Reporter: IN A

  • SWATH OF THE SOUTH

  • SUBMERGED, TOTAL

  • DEVASTATION AND THE

  • DEATH

  • TOLL EXPECTED TO

  • CLIMB.

  • >> BRIDGES ARE GONE.

  • THE WHOLE ROADWAY IS

  • GONE.

  • >> Reporter: THE CITY

  • OF HAZARD, KENTUCKY

  • DEVASTATED AFTER

  • TORRENTIAL RAIN AND

  • FLASH FLOODS AND MUD

  • SLIDES.

  • >> WHEN IT COMES THIS

  • FAST, THERE IS NOTHING

  • YOU CAN DO.

  • >> Reporter: OFFICIALS

  • CONFIRMING DIRE

  • NUMBERS.

  • AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE

  • KILLED,

  • INCLUDING AN

  • 81-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.

  • THE GOVERNOR DECLARING

  • A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

  • >> WE PROBABLY HAVE

  • NOT SEEN THE WORST OF

  • IT.

  • SADLY, WE BELIEVE THAT

  • WE WILL LOSE

  • KENTUCKIANS AND A LOT

  • OF KENTUCKIANS WILL

  • PROBABLY

  • LOSE MOST OF WHAT THEY

  • HAVE.

  • >> Reporter: RECOVERY

  • EFFORTS COMPLICATED BY

  • THE STORM'S STRENGTH,

  • KNOCKING

  • OUT POWER TO MORE THAN

  • 25,000 PEOPLE AND

  • WIPING CELL COVERAGE

  • THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

  • IN NEARBY VIRGINIA,

  • RESCUERS SCOUR AN

  • ASSISTING LIVING

  • FACILITY FOR THE

  • STRANDED.

  • DAMAGE LIKE THIS GIVES

  • YOU AN IDEA

  • OF HOW STRONG AND FAST

  • THE FLOOD WATERS WERE

  • MOVING.

  • THIS IS A ROOF RIPPED

  • OFF AND TOSSED TO THE

  • SIDE.

  • LOOK AT ALL THIS.

  • THIS IS JUST DEBRIS ON

  • THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

  • I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE

  • A TORNADO HIT.

  • THE SINISTER SYSTEM

  • REEKING HAVOC, PELTING

  • EASTERN KENTUCKY

  • OVERNIGHT, DUMPING

  • RAIN ON TO GROUND

  • ALREADY SATURATED

  • FROM RECENT RAIN FALL.

  • THE SAME TYPE OF STORM

  • THAT WALLOPED ST.

  • LOUIS EARLIER THIS

  • YEAR.

  • FEMA AND THE NATIONAL

  • GUARD ON THE GROUND IN

  • KENTUCKY.

  • JUDY BUTLER'S HOME

  • FLOODING FOR

  • THE SECOND TIME THIS

  • YEAR.

  • ROUND ONE BACK IN

  • MARCH.

  • >> THE FIRST TIME WE

  • HAD INSURANCE.

  • THIS TIME WE DON'T.

  • BUT WE'LL MAKE IT.

  • WE ALWAYS DO.

  • WITH GOD'S HELP.

  • >> MAGGIE, HAD THE

  • WATERS LARGELY STARTED

  • TO RECEDE?

  • >> Reporter: YES.

  • THE FLOOD WATERS HERE

  • HAVE STARTED TO

  • RECEDE.

  • BUT PEOPLE HERE ARE

  • INCREDIBLY NERVOUS

  • KNOWING MORE RAIN IS

  • EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

  • LESTER?

  • >> MAGGIE VESPA, THANK

  • YOU.

  • JOINING ME NOW IS THE

  • KENTUCKY GOVERNOR.

  • GOVERNOR,

  • THANK YOU FOR BEING

  • WITH US.

  • OUR THOUGHTS CERTAINLY

  • WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.

  • I KNOW YOU JUST GOT AN

  • UPDATE.

  • WHAT CAN YOU TELL US

  • ABOUT CASUALTIES AND

  • FOLKS YOU MAY NOT HAVE

  • GOTTEN TO YET?

  • >> WELL, THIS IS BY

  • FAR THE WORST FLOODING

  • DISASTER, AT LEAST OF

  • MY LIFETIME, IN

  • KENTUCKY.

  • IT HAS WIPED OUT WHAT

  • WE BELIEVE ARE

  • HUNDREDS OF HOMES.

  • WE HAVE HALF OF SOME

  • OF OUR COUNTIES

  • UNDERWATER.

  • WE'RE GOING TO LOSE

  • DOUBLE DIGIT LIVES.

  • I KNOW WE HAVE ALREADY

  • LOST AT LEAST EIGHT.

  • BUT I KNOW THERE ARE

  • MANY MORE THAN THAT.

  • HUNDREDS OF KENTUCKY

  • FAMILIES ARE GOING TO

  • LOSE EVERYTHING.

  • IT IS TOUGH.

  • RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE

  • HELICOPTERS IN THE

  • AIR.

  • WE'VE DONE AIR RESCUES

  • FOR MORE THAN 20

  • PEOPLE.

  • WE HAVE FOLKS IN SOME

  • COUNTIES ON THEIR

  • ROOFS OR EVEN STUCK IN

  • A TREE HOLDING ON

  • UNTIL WE CAN REACH

  • THEM.

  • WE ARE RECEIVING HELP

  • AND WE'RE GRATEFUL.

  • WE'VE GOT HELICOPTERS

  • THAT ARE

  • COMING IN FROM

  • WEST VIRGINIA AS WELL

  • AS TENNESSEE.

  • I THEY THEIR GOVERNORS

  • AND THEIR NATIONAL

  • GUARD.

  • WE HAVE OUR NATIONAL

  • GUARD, OUR KENTUCKY

  • STATE POLICE, FISH AND

  • WILDLIFE, ALL OF THE

  • LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS

  • DOING REAL, HEROIC

  • THINGS OUT THERE, BUT

  • THIS EVENT IS ONGOING.

  • WE ARE STILL

  • EXPERIENCING MASSIVE

  • FLOODING.

  • IT HASN'T CRESTED IN

  • SOME AREAS, AND WE'RE

  • GOING TO GET MORE RAIN

  • TONIGHT IN SOME OF

  • THESE AREAS, SO WE'RE

  • GOING TO BE IN THIS

  • THROUGH TOMORROW.

  • >> ALL RIGHT.

  • GOVERNOR BESHEAR,

  • THANK YOU FOR THE

  • LATEST, AND WE WISH

  • YOU ALL THE BEST.

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • >>> LET'S GET TO THE

  • ECONOMY NOW AND THE

  • NEW DATA SHOWING THAT

  • IT SHA RANK FOR A

  • SECOND QUARTER IN A

  • ROW.

  • BUT THE BIDEN

  • ADMINISTRATION IS

  • PUSHING BACK ON THE

  • FACT THAT WE'RE

  • ALREADY IN A

  • RECESSION.

  • EMILIE IKEDA HAS MORE.

  • >> Reporter: TODAY'S

  • NUMBERS CONFIRMING THE

  • U.S. ECONOMY IS

  • SLOWING.

  • >> TWO BACK-TO-BACK

  • NEGATIVE QUARTERS,

  • IT'S NOT GOOD.

  • >> Reporter: GROSS

  • DOMESTIC PRODUCT FELL

  • SLIGHTLY BY 0.9%.

  • THE U.S. ECONOMY

  • SHRINKING FOR THE

  • SECOND QUARTER IN A

  • ROW, FUELLING FEARS OF

  • A

  • RECESSION, FEARS

  • PRESIDENT BIDEN TRIED

  • TO CALM.

  • >> WE HAVE CREATED

  • NINE

  • MILLION NEW JOBS SO

  • FAR JUST SINCE I HAVE

  • BECOME PRESIDENT.

  • BUSINESSES ARE

  • INVESTING IN AMERICA

  • AT RECORD RATES.

  • THAT DOESN'T SOUND

  • LIKE A RECESSION TO

  • ME.

  • >> Reporter: SLOW

  • DOWNS IN BOTH THE

  • HOUSING

  • MARKET AND CONSUMER

  • SPENDING CONTRIBUTED

  • TO THE DECLINE BUT ARE

  • PART OF THE FEDERAL

  • RESERVE'S GOAL, ALL IN

  • AN EFFORT TO BRING

  • INFLATION DOWN FROM

  • 40-YEAR HIGHS IN A

  • COMPLEX ECONOMY.

  • >> THIS IS A VERY

  • UNUSUAL SITUATION IN

  • THAT COMING OUT OF THE

  • PANDEMIC, WE HAVE THE

  • SET OF SUPPLY CHAIN

  • CHALLENGES THAT

  • CONTINUE TO AFFECT

  • THE ECONOMY.

  • >> Reporter: THAT

  • REALITY IS BEING FELT

  • FIRSTHAND FAR FROM

  • WASHINGTON IN IOWA.

  • >> THIS PARTICULAR

  • CHIPPER IS MISSING

  • THIS ONE PART.

  • >> Reporter: MARK CORE

  • HELPS RUN AGRICULTURE

  • AND INDUSTRIAL

  • EQUIPMENT MAKER, A

  • DRIVER OF THE ECONOMY

  • BUT ONGOING SUPPLY

  • CHAIN PROBLEMS AND

  • LABOR SHORTAGES MEANS

  • IT CAN'T DRIVE AS FAST

  • AS IT WOULD LIKE.

  • >> THERE MAY BE A

  • THOUSAND PARTS IN A

  • MACHINE, BUT IT NEEDS

  • ALL THOUSAND.

  • SO MISSING ONE PART

  • MEANS YOU DON'T

  • GENERATE REVENUE AS AN

  • ORGANIZATION.

  • THAT

  • DOESN'T FIT UNDER THE

  • GDP NUMBER.

  • >> Reporter: THAT'S

  • DESPITE THE ONCE IN A

  • GENERATION HIGH

  • DEMAND THE COMPANY IS

  • SEEING FOR ITS

  • PRODUCTS,

  • CRAFTED BY ITS 4,000

  • EMPLOYEES.

  • >> BUT WE NEED MORE.

  • WE NEED HUNDREDS MORE

  • TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP

  • WITH DEMAND.

  • >> Reporter: IN NEARBY

  • TOWN SQUARE, A

  • REMINDER FROM THIS

  • MOTHER OF THREE THE

  • ECONOMIC PICTURE IS

  • ALWAYS PERSONAL.

  • >> YOU WANT TO BE ABLE

  • TO WORK TO PROVIDE FOR

  • YOUR FAMILY, BUT YOU

  • CAN'T AFFORD TO WORK.

  • EITHER BECAUSE YOU

  • CAN'T AFFORD DAY CARE

  • WITH PRICES GOING UP

  • BUT, YOU KNOW,

  • PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.

  • >> EMILY, WE KNOW AN

  • OFFICIAL DECLARATION

  • HASN'T COME YET, BUT

  • WHAT'S THE SENSE ON

  • THE GROUND NOW?

  • >> Reporter: LESTER,

  • JUST LOOK AT ALL OF

  • THIS INVENTORY BEHIND

  • ME.

  • ALL OF IT ALREADY SOLD

  • BUT CAN'T GET TO

  • CUSTOMERS BECAUSE OF

  • LABOR AND SUPPLY CHAIN

  • ROADBLOCKS.

  • SO YOU CAN SEE THE

  • CONTRADICTION.

  • THERE IS STRONG DEMAND

  • BUT CHALLENGES IN

  • MEETING IT.

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • >>> THE NEGATIVE

  • HEADLINE THIS EVENING

  • ABOUT THE ECONOMY

  • ADDING TO THE PRESSURE

  • ON PRESIDENT BIDEN.

  • AND NOW OUR NEW NBC

  • NEWS REPORTING SHOWS

  • THE WHITE HOUSE IS

  • ALREADY FOCUSSING ON

  • POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC

  • CHALLENGERS TO THE

  • PRESIDENT IN 2024.

  • OUR KRISTIN WELKER

  • REPORTS.

  • >> Reporter: TONIGHT

  • INSIDE THE WHITE

  • HOUSE, PRESIDENT BIDEN

  • UNDER GROWING PRESSURE

  • AFTER ANOTHER GRIM

  • ECONOMIC HEADLINE, THE

  • ECONOMY SHRINKING FOR

  • TWO STRAIGHT QUARTERS.

  • >> WE'RE NOT IN A

  • RECESSION.

  • >> Reporter: IT IS

  • ANOTHER CREDIBILITY

  • TEST FOR THE PRESIDENT

  • ON THE ECONOMY, AFTER

  • HE DECLARED A YEAR AGO

  • THAT INFLATION WOULD

  • BE TEMPORARY.

  • >> MOST OF THE PRICE

  • INCREASES WE'VE SEEN

  • WERE EXPECTED AND ARE

  • EXPECTED TO BE

  • TEMPORARY.

  • >> WHY SHOULD

  • AMERICANS TAKE HIS

  • WORD FOR IT NOW WHEN

  • THE PRESIDENT GOT IT

  • WRONG ON THE ECONOMY A

  • YEAR AGO?

  • >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT

  • RECESSION IN OUR

  • HISTORY, YOU SEE THAT

  • THE THING THAT HAPPENS

  • DURING A PRE-RECESSION

  • IS THAT THE -- IS THAT

  • YOU LOSE JOBS, AND

  • WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT

  • CURRENTLY.

  • >> Reporter: AND NOW A

  • NEW POLL SHOWS GROWING

  • DISSATISFACTION WITHIN

  • THE PRESIDENT'S OWN

  • PARTY.

  • 75% OF DEMOCRATS SAY

  • THEY WANT SOMEONE

  • BESIDES PRESIDENT

  • BIDEN TO BE THE

  • DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN

  • 2024.

  • A NEW NBC NEWS

  • REPORTING SHOWS THE

  • WHITE HOUSE IS CLOSELY

  • TRACKING THE POLITICAL

  • ACTIVITY OF AT LEAST

  • HALF A DOZEN

  • DEMOCRATS, SEEN AS

  • POTENTIAL 2024

  • COMPETITORS.

  • ACCORDING TO

  • INTERVIEWS WITH MORE

  • THAN TWO DOZEN CURRENT

  • AND FORMER WHITE HOUSE

  • OFFICIALS.

  • INCLUDING A CHARM

  • OFFENSIVE WITH THOSE

  • THAT MIGHT BE GETTING

  • TOO AMBITIOUS HOSTING

  • ILLINOIS GOVERNOR J.B.

  • PRITZKER AND GAVIN

  • NEWSOM FROM CALIFORNIA

  • IN SEPARATE EVENTS.

  • IT COMES AS THE

  • PRESIDENT IS FACING

  • GROWING TENSIONS WITH

  • CHINA.

  • TODAY HE SPOKE WITH

  • PRESIDENT XI FOR TWO

  • AND A HALF HOURS AMID

  • A

  • CONTROVERSIAL TRIP TO

  • TAIWAN BY HOUSE

  • SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI.

  • ACCORDING TO THE

  • CHINESE, SHE TOLD MR.

  • BIDEN THOSE WHO PLAY

  • WITH FIRE WILL PERISH

  • BY IT.

  • THE WHITE HOUSE WILL

  • NOT CONFIRM THOSE

  • COMMENTS AND IT IS

  • STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER

  • PELOSI SHOULD VISIT

  • TAIWAN.

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • >>> TONIGHT THE

  • PRESIDENT IS HAILING

  • THAT SURPRISE SHIFT BY

  • LONG-TIME DEMOCRATIC

  • HOLD-OUT JOE MANCHIN

  • TO SUPPORT A KEY

  • CLIMATE AND HEALTH

  • CARE SPENDING BILL,

  • BUT THERE COULD BE

  • OBSTACLES FOR

  • DEMOCRATS HOPING TO

  • PASS IT.

  • ALI VITALI HAS LATE

  • DETAILS FOR US.

  • >> Reporter: AFTER A

  • YEAR OF NO, DEMOCRATIC

  • SENATOR JOE MANCHIN

  • NOW EXPLAINING HOW HE

  • GOT TO YES ON A

  • DEFINING PACKAGE OF

  • LEGISLATION FOR

  • DEMOCRATS.

  • >> I NEVER REVERSED

  • AND I NEVER WALKED

  • AWAY.

  • >> Reporter: JUST TWO

  • WEEKS AGO, MANCHIN

  • PUMPED THE BRAKES ON

  • TALKS FIGHTING SOARING

  • INFLATION.

  • >> WE HAVE TO GET THIS

  • THING DOWN TO WHERE IT

  • IS SOMETHING WE CAN

  • LIVE WITH AND WE DO

  • WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

  • >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS

  • AND PRESIDENT BIDEN

  • NOW RALLYING AROUND

  • IT.

  • >> SOME OF YOU WILL

  • SEE A LOT OF

  • SIMILARITIES BETWEEN

  • THE BEGINNING AND THE

  • BUILD BACK BETTER

  • INITIATIVE.

  • NOT ALL OF IT, BUT WE

  • HAVE MOVED A LONG WAY.

  • >> Reporter: THE BILL

  • IS SMALLER IN SCOPE IN

  • SPENDING THAN PAST

  • VERSIONS.

  • A PRICE TAG ONCE OVER

  • $3 TRILLION NOW DOWN

  • TO ROUGHLY $430

  • BILLION.

  • WITH BILLIONS IN

  • CLIMATE INVESTMENT,

  • PRESCRIPTION DRUG

  • PRICING REFORMS AND

  • TAX HIKES ON THE

  • WEALTHY AND

  • CORPORATIONS.

  • WHILE DEMOCRATS SAY

  • REDUCING THE DEFICIT

  • BY $300 BILLION.

  • REPUBLICANS ARGUE NEW

  • SPENDING WILL ONLY

  • MAKE INFLATION WORSE.

  • >> I THINK IT IS

  • REALLY BAD FOR AMERICA

  • RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE

  • TRYING TO CLIMB OUT OF

  • THIS SPIRAL.

  • >> Reporter: TONIGHT

  • DEMOCRATIC SENATORS

  • WANT TO MOVE FAST TO

  • PASS IT BUT NEED THE

  • WHOLE CAUCUS ON BOARD

  • AND DEMOCRATIC SENATOR

  • KYRSTEN SINEMA STILL

  • MUM ON HOW SHE'LL

  • VOTE.

  • HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO

  • HER?

  • >> WE'LL BE TALKING

  • AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE

  • 50 VOTES.

  • >> Reporter: THAT'S 50

  • VOTES SECURED AND NO

  • UNFORESEEN ABSENCES

  • NEXT WEEK.

  • ALSO TONIGHT, THE

  • HOUSE PASSING

  • BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION

  • TO RAMP UP

  • SEMICONDUCTOR

  • PRODUCTION IN THE U.S.

  • NOW IT GOES TO THE

  • PRESIDENT'S DESK.

  • LESTER?

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • >>> AND THE JANUARY

  • 6th COMMITTEE IS

  • HEARING FROM MORE OF

  • FORMER PRESIDENT

  • TRUMP'S INNER CIRCLE.

  • PETE WILLIAMS JOINS US

  • NOW.

  • PETE, WHO HAVE THEY

  • HEARD FROM?

  • >> Reporter: THE

  • LATEST TO TESTIFY IN

  • PRIVATE WAS ONE OF

  • PRESIDENT TRUMP'S

  • CLOSEST AIDS, MICK

  • MULVANEY, WHO WAS

  • THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF

  • OF STAFF UNTIL EARLY

  • 2020.

  • HE BECAME SPECIAL

  • ENVOY TO IRELAND BUT

  • RESIGNED THE NIGHT OF

  • THE CAPITOL RIOTS.

  • MIKE POMPEO, WHO WAS

  • TRUMP'S SECRETARY OF

  • STATE, SAYS HE'S

  • NOW TALKING WITH THE

  • COMMITTEE ABOUT

  • POSSIBLY TESTIFYING.

  • AND THE JANUARY 6th

  • CHAIRMAN BENNY

  • THOMPSON SAYS THE

  • COMMITTEE HAS WORKED

  • OUT A WAY TO SHARE ALL

  • THE EVIDENCE AND

  • WITNESS TRANSCRIPTS

  • WITH THE JUSTICE

  • DEPARTMENT.

  • MEANTIME, THE TRUMP

  • LEGAL TEAM IS URGING A

  • FEDERAL COURT TO RULE

  • THAT HE'S ABSOLUTELY

  • IMMUNE FROM THE CIVIL

  • LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST

  • HIM OVER THE CAPITOL

  • RIOT.

  • THEY SAY HE WAS ACTING

  • IN HIS OFFICIAL

  • CAPACITY WHEN HE

  • QUESTIONED THE

  • ELECTION RESULTS AND

  • SPOKE AT THAT JANUARY

  • 6th RALLY, LESTER.

  • >> ALL RIGHT.

  • PETE WILLIAMS, THANK

  • YOU.

  • IN 60 SECONDS

  • CONTROVERSY OVER THE

  • SAUDI-BACKED GOLF

  • TOURNAMENT BEING

  • PLAYED AT DONALD

  • >>> A DRAMATIC RESCUE

  • TODAY IN DETROIT.

  • A BURNING BUILDING

  • COLLAPSED ON

  • FIREFIGHTERS.

  • 5 MANAGED TO ESCAPE,

  • BUT TWO BECAME TRAPPED

  • WITH OFFICIALS SAYING

  • ONE OF THEM WAS BURIED

  • UNDER A FOOT AND A

  • HALF OF DEBRIS.

  • BOTH WERE PULLED OUT

  • ALIVE.

  • >>> NEW CONTROVERSY

  • TONIGHT OVER THE

  • SAUDI-BACKED GOLF

  • LEAGUE THAT'S

  • ATTRACTED SOME OF THE

  • SPORT'S BIGGEST NAMES.

  • IT'S THE LATEST

  • TOURNAMENT AT A TRUMP

  • GOLF COURSE AND

  • FAMILIES OF 9/11

  • VICTIMS SAY THEY ARE

  • OUTRAGED.

  • HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ.

  • >> Reporter: AT HIS

  • GOLF CLUB IN

  • BEDMINISTER, NEW

  • JERSEY, TODAY FORMER

  • PRESIDENT TRUMP AND

  • LOCAL CELEBRITIES TEED

  • OFF AT THE

  • CONTROVERSIAL

  • TOURNAMENT.

  • THE SAUDI GOLF

  • TOURNAMENT HAD ALREADY

  • PLUCKED SOME OF THE

  • BIGGEST NAMES IN GOLF

  • FROM THE PGA TOUR.

  • NOW IT'S SPARKING NEW

  • OUTRAGE.

  • >> THIS GOLF

  • TOURNAMENT IS TAKING

  • PLACE 50 MILES FROM

  • GROUND ZERO.

  • >> IT'S DISGUSTING.

  • >> Reporter: FAMILIES

  • OF THOSE KILLED ON

  • 9/11 ARE OUT WITH THIS

  • NEW AD.

  • THEY SAY THE

  • TOURNAMENT IS

  • INSULTING SINCE 15 OF

  • THE 9/11 HIJACKERS ARE

  • FROM SAUDI ARABIA AND

  • THAT GOVERNMENT HAS A

  • LONG HISTORY OF HUMAN

  • RIGHTS ABUSES.

  • TERRY STRADA LOST HER

  • HUSBAND TOM IN THE

  • ATTACKS.

  • >> THE KINGDOM IS

  • THROWING BILLIONS OF

  • DOLLARS INTO A PR

  • STUNT.

  • THEY ARE JUST WANT TO

  • WHITEWASH AWAY THE

  • HISTORY THAT THEY HAVE

  • WITH THE 9/11

  • COMMUNITY.

  • >> Reporter: TODAY

  • FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP

  • SAYING HE'S BEEN

  • FRIENDS WITH SAUDI

  • ARABIA FOR A LONG TIME

  • AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT

  • THE FAMILIES WHO ARE

  • PROTESTING THE

  • TOURNAMENT --

  • >> NOBODY HAS GOTTEN

  • TO THE BOTTOM OF 9/11,

  • UNFORTUNATELY, AND

  • THEY SHOULD HAVE.

  • >> Reporter: WHEN YOU

  • HEARD THAT, WHAT WENT

  • THROUGH YOUR HEAD?

  • >> WELL, HE SOUNDS

  • LIKE A FOOL.

  • >> Reporter: THE

  • CONTROVERSY COMES

  • AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN

  • DREW INTERNATIONAL

  • OUTRAGE BY TRAVELING

  • TO SAUDI ARABIA,

  • GREETING WITH A FIST

  • BUMP THE SAUDI LEADER

  • THAT U.S. INTELLIGENCE

  • SAYS ORDERED

  • THE TORTURING AND

  • KILLING OF JAMAL

  • KHASHOGGI.

  • THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT

  • HAS LONG DENIED HE WAS

  • INVOLVED IN THE MURDER

  • OR 9/11.

  • LIV GOLF TELLS NBC

  • NEWS THESE FAMILIES

  • HAVE OUR DEEPEST

  • SYMPATHY.

  • WHILE SOME MAY NOT

  • AGREE, WE BELIEVE GOLF

  • IS A FORCE FOR GOOD

  • AROUND THE WORLD.

  • THE 9/11 FAMILIES PLAN

  • TO PROTEST HERE

  • NEAR THE GOLF COURSE

  • TOMORROW AS THE

  • TOURNAMENT OFFICIALLY

  • TEES OFF.

  • LESTER?

  • >> GABE, THANK YOU.

  • UP NEXT, OUR LOOK

  • INSIDE THE STRATEGIC

  • NATIONAL STOCKPILE.

  • WILL IT BE READY FOR

  • >>> BACK NOW WITH A

  • RARE LOOK INSIDE THE

  • STRATEGIC NATIONAL

  • STOCKPILE THAT GOT A

  • LOT OF ATTENTION IN

  • THE EARLY DAYS OF

  • COVID

  • AS HEALTH CARE WORKERS

  • SCRAMBLED TO GET

  • CRITICAL EQUIPMENT.

  • DR. JOHN TORRES GOT

  • EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO

  • THE TOP SECRET

  • FACILITY TO LEARN MORE

  • ABOUT

  • WENT WRONG AND HOW

  • PREPARED WE WOULD BE

  • FOR ANOTHER PANDEMIC

DEADLY FLOOD EMERGENCY

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    林宜悉 posted on 2022/07/29
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