>> no one got the grand prize in wednesday's drawing for the jackpot tonight, $580 million. the 10th highest jackpot of all times. but the odds of winning are pretty slim. one in more than 292 million. drawing tonight will tonight, president biden's plan to forgive student loan debt blocked a federal appeals court halts the program that would provide up to $20,000 in debt relief why it was blocked as tens of millions now worry about what happens to their debt it was just really disappointing, really upsetting. the deadly shooting in a dallas hospital. two killed the suspected shooter in custody. >> a category 4 hurricane headed right for a popular mexican resort town. american tourists trying to get out. i'm very scared to be trapped here. voting begins today in nevada, the senate race there could determine who controls the senate and it is a dead heat

>> the respiratory virus outbreak among children pushing hospitals to the brink as the flu spreads among kids and teens. 1,000 out sick from one school alone. the stunning video out of china. the country's foer president appears to be forcibly removed from a key party meeting as the current president sits right next to him. mystery under the mansion. a mercedes filled with concrete found buried why police believe a body could be inside. and the latest battle in the skies. are airline seats too small? the new push to make them bigger ♪ ♪ this is "nbc nightly news with jose diaz balart. good evening it is simultaneously one of president biden's most popular moves and one of his most controversial. the elimination of up to $20,000 in student loan debt those with debt view it as an opportunity to break free of a major financial burden

others view it as an unfair handout directed at the president's base of college-educated supporters at the expense of taxpayers now it's fate on the fate of the 40 million americans eligible for relief is in limbo overnight, a federal court halted the program at least temporarily. a group of republican-led state his asked for the injunction arguing the president does not have the authority to wipe away the debt so what happens next josh letterman leads us off tonight. >> tonight, 22 million americans who already applied for student debt relief are in limbo after an appeals court temporarily froze president biden's signature program. a setback for borrowers like morgan downing, a harvard grad student who was expecting to see some of her $46,000 student loan debt disappear now -- >> it was just really disappointing. really upsetting i don't know what my next move would be other than knowing that i'm facing even more debt.

>> the court saying no debt can be canceled for now while it considers a challenge from republican-led states who want to kill the program for good the order coming just hours after mr. biden visited a public college to promote the plan. >> today, the promise to give student loans a little more breathing room. >> up to $10,000 a person or $20,000 for pell recipients. only those earning less than $11,000 a year are eligible. >> it seems profoundly unfair to forgive some people and it will go on those who paid off their debt. >> tonight the white house insists it is full speed ahead, urging borrowers to keep applying at studentaid.gov while the battles are in limbo. >> with all of this, are you encouraging your friends to put the application in. >> i'm still telling people to put their application in my hope is that they see the

numbers rise >> what's the time line for the final rulings on the program >> it could take weeks for multiple legal challenges to wind through the courts and meantime, student loan repayments are about to kick back in for millions when that covid pause finally expires at the end of the year. jose >> josh letterman in delaware, thank you. now in to breaking news about a texas shooting in a dallas hospital. it happened at methodist hospital two employees were shot and killed before an officer arrived and injured the suspect and that person in custody. the motive under investigation there is a monster hurricane barreling toward a major tourist destination in mexico right now. hurricane roslyn is set to hit puerto vallarta within hours as the area braces for the worst, american tourists are racing to get out. blayne alexander is tracking it all.

>> tonight, the typically picturesque beaches of puerto vallarta are bracing for impact. hurricane roslyn, a category 4 storm is producing winds of up to 21 miles per hour and it's barreling toward mexico's pacific coast expected to make landfall overnight with residents and thousands of tourists in its path >> i'm really scared i just don't want to get stranded here. all flights are full at least where i live. >> kayla is on a trip with friends and says they are scrambling to get out early. >> i'm going to keep asking airlines if they can get us out today because i think that's when it will be way worse and that's where we'll be trapped on the beach where it is being hit hardest. >> it is increasingly home to residents who move there for its warm weather jeff proctor is one. >> we have candles and i have a bag packed just in case we get a

mandatory evacuation. >> officials are bracing for a withering one-two punch. damaging wind and rain up to ten inches for many the threat of roslyn is bringing painful memories of hurricane kenna 20 years ago tonight residents and tourists alike face new fears of possible flash flooding, mud slides and a devastating storm surge. blayne alexander, nbc news. >> we have a dire new warning from doctors tonight about a rapidly spreading respiratory virus impacting children around the country. on top of that, the flu is also ripping through schools. here's kathy park with the important information parents need to know tonight, children with rsv, overwhelming hospitals nationwide pushing hospitals to the brink. from rhode island. >> even in the last few weeks we've seen a doubling of cases. >> to new york >> it is up 20% to 25% >> the highly contagious and

rarely fatal respiratory virus filling up hospital beds and it can initially present like a common cold and it can become severe in older adults and infants. parents of 4-month-old georgia first realized something was wrong when they saw her breathing abnormally >> her rib cage very clearly when she was doing every single breath it was going in and out, in and out >> georgia spent four days in the hospital diagnosed with rsv. >> we were definitely rrified especially when we saw that she needed to go on oxygen and had the tubes in her nose. >> tonight, she's back home and recovering this surge comes just as other respiratory illnesses in children take off. in one virginia high school nearly half the students were absent this week because of flu-like symptoms. in san diego, more than a thousand students missed class experts point to pandemic precautions as a reason for the spike. >> you have an entire group of

kids over the last three years that haven't been exposed to those respiratory viruses and rsv included and that led to essentially three times the amount of kids that are susceptible. rsv thrives in the winter months and thisear it began circulating earlier than normal. >> do you anticipate things will get worse? >> there is a lot of concern that this is just the beginning of the respiratory viral season and so many of us are very concerned about that >> kathy joins us live from children's hospital in new york. kathy, every parent wants to know, what can we do to keep our children safe? >> well, jose, there is no vaccine to prevent an rsv infection so parents are encouraged to promote good hygiene like washing hands frequently and covering coughs and if they're sick, remember to keep them home jose >> kathy park in new york, thank you. early voting began today in nevada for a key race that could determine control of the senate and that race could not be

tighter. garrett haake is following the candidates in las vegas, just one of the races going down to the wire as we get closer to election day >> dueling get out the vote rallies kicking off the midterm's closing sprint in the las vegas valley this morning as early voting begins in battleground nevada. all bets are off in the silver state's senate showdown where democratic incumbent catherine cortez masto trails adam laxalt by the narrowest of margins that could control the evenly divided upper chamber. >> my family worked in this industry and community just like all of you so we know. i know what this fight is about. >> nevada republicans focusing their closing message on economic issues like inflation and high gas prices. >> every single area of regular life for working-class nevadans is heading the wrong direction. >> i think he's a man of his word and he's focused on his

promises and focused on the important issues facing nevada, and i think he'll follow through in washington. >> i served this country i helped defend the democracy and the constitution so i voted for the candidate that defends the democracy and the constitution and that was senator catherine cortez masto >> in battleground georgia, incumbent democrat raphael warnock launching two aggressive new ads looking to cement his slim lead over herschel walker. >> herschel walker's lying again. >> one ad highlighting recent reports that the staunch anti-abortion walker paid for a girlfriend's abortion in 2009. >> is that your signature? >> and in the nation's most expensive senate race, pennsylvania democrat john fetterman hit the campaign trail alongside a potential future colleague, minnesota senator amy klobuchar. he is set to face off against dr. mehmet oz in the only scheduled debate

>> garrett, nevada doesn't get as much national attention, but it is critical for both parties. >> absolutely critical if democrats should lose this race they would have to win in both pennsylvania and georgia to retain the senate majority. garrett haake, thank you. over to ukraine. more than a million people are without power following an onslaught of attacks on the grid and with the cold weather coming, many fear further winter ahead. >> tonight, a deeper darkness settled over ukraine after a fresh barrage of 36 russian missile targeted the electricity network according to president volodymyr zelenskyy. ukrainians say anti-aircraft systems shot down about half of them, but it left 1.5 million people without

power according to the government it's the latest in a weeks lon assault in civilian infrastructure and the european union is calling a war crime they're rushing to buy up generators to light and heat their homes. >> all right this is where the generators are supposed to be and there's only two left >> some shoppers left empty handed do you think vladimir putin is trying to freeze you into submission of course, he is this shopper told me, they do that deliberately to destroy the critical infrastructure. >> will you surrender? >> never before we surrender, putin will die like a dog. >> i visited a couple who left mariupol six months ago. russia's relentless attacks followed them to kyiv. we had some experience, she told me we were living for a month under very tough conditions in mariupol we know how to survive thanks to these rolling blackouts, they're once again living in the shadows. this will have the exact opposite effect, she told me putin doesn't understand how

nationalistic we'll be now for many here, life in darkness is an act of defiance. >> matt bradley joins me from inside ukraine and there's yet another major threat tonight >> yeah, jose. ukrainians are pointing to a key hydroelectric dam in the kherson region they say russia has lined with explosives. the fear is russia can detonate the dam and unleash flooding on dozens of towns. jose >> matt bradley in kyiv. thank you. in china, a bizarre possible power play is raising questions tonight. take a look at this video of a meeting of china's communist party congress the man on the right is china's former president huh jintao. watch as two men take him by the arm and he appears to resist and they abruptly begin escorting him out and he leans over to the current leader xi jinping before being taken out of the room. state media reported that the

former president was not feeling well, but the vide cannot be found on china's heavily censored social media platforms. coming up, mystery under the mansion. how a luxury car filled with concrete ended up under ground and why police are investigating foul play.