much to make others happy and because in their word, old bill is a top-notch santa. bill lee says he will be back on the job by the holidays for christmas. >> they all look like santa. >> they've got elves. they're all on our broadcast tonight, a deep weakness. anthony weiner admits sending and saying inappropriate things on his computer. he has apologized. he says he's going back to work. >> sgloo the wildfire burning up territory in arizona tonight while firefighters attack it with everything vave rr got. tonight, people are getting out of the way. surging water, this time, the missouri river threatening seven states as towns shore up weakening levees. big reports in the fight against two forms of cancer. plus, what the manager of a

national restaurant change saw this broadcast and how it's making a difference. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. the age of oversharing has claimed another victim, a man who wanted badly to some day go from congressman anthony weiner to perhaps mayor anthony weiner of the city of new york. he's a young, ambitious, and volatile democrat in theous of representatives. that's all people knew about him until a lewd picture about him services from his own twitter account. that started all this days uz go. he denied it was him at first, then left it vague. then today in a rather humiliating and dark press conference. just the latest self emilation. he copped to years of improper computer contacts with women other than his wife. though he said he never met with

any of them. he asks for forgiveness from all and plans to stay in the white house. good evening, brian. not just embarrassing. tonight, democratic leading nancy pelosi is aurjing the ethics committee to look into whether weiner broke any rules or violated any laws. he said he did not but talked about years of inappropriate behavior. wiping back here's, he admitted he lied. >> i would like to make it clear, where made terrible mistakes, i hurt the people i love most, and i'm deepy sorry. >> reporter: he tried to unwienld days of problems. >> i have exchanged messages with about six women over the years. >> reporter: he said he sent suggestive messages and text online on facebook and twitter. he appeared shirtless, and he

admitted more ixplicit pictures exit. in congress 12 years, he said he won't step down. >> i'm deepy regretting of what i have done, and i'm not resigning. >> reporter: the 46-year-old marry married father of one got married last summer. his wife was not by his side today. >> we have been through a great deal together, and we will weather this. i love her very much, and she loves me. >> reporter: when the scandal broke last week, weiner claimed he was the zrnl. >> i made it clear i didn't send the pictures. my computer was hacked. >> reporter: and today -- >> to be clear, the picture was of me, and i caused it. i'm deeply sorry for the pain it caused my wife huma. >> reporter: this started on sociala media, a novel outlet. >> it's going to be an omen to

how they communicate. >> reporter: in a bizarre twist, before he spoke, the podium was taking over by the conservative andrew brightbart who broke the story and followed up with the accuracy of his post. >> congressman weiner said he welcomes and will fully cooperateera cooperate with an investigation by the committee. kelly, thanks. now to an urge nlt situation in the southwest tonight. a big chunk of the state of arizona is burning out of control. more than 300 square miles already burned. that's an area the size of new york city. it's a fire so large, nasa photos clearly show the smoke flume visible from space. on the ground, thick smoke blanketing a wide area. haze is being reported in the sky as far away as the state of iowa. nbc' george lewis reports tonight from a fire staging area in eager, arizona.

>> reporter: the largest fire in arizona, known as the wallow fire, has been burning for over a week now with zero containment. >> huge flames on the south side. >> reporter: that's because it's in rugged terrain with plenty of dry wood and brush to fuel t driven by high winds and hot temperatures. >> we have been drying out over time in the southwest yare yea. we're creating a perfect storm of dry fuels, intense weather. and that's what is making it difficult to contain. >> a dozen water dropping helicopters were grounded today because of the high winds. over the weekend, they worked to keep the flames away from the small arizona towns in the path. as law enforcement age aenlss ordered many to evacuate from those communities. >> i'm going to cry. >> reporter: in greer, where people were getting ready to leave, mark peterson has 5,000 head of sheep to shear.

if the wind changes, he and his sheep will have to get out in a hurry. >> if we have to vacate, we have to walk them back out to the northeast. that's kind of what our plan is now. >> in case anyone needed reminding, dick bruno, owner of the snowy inn, put up a red flag to warn residents of a fire hazard. >> we're kind of hopeful we may be able to dodge a bullet by virtue of the forest service doing backburning. rrt but as the wind keeping whipping up the flames, there's not much the service can do to keep the waller from spreading. energying the towns along the arizona/new mexico border. and as you can see, the high winds are continuing tonight. the forecast calls for more of the same tomorrow and the next day. the folks in the fire camp aren't going to get much rest tonight. brian. >> george lewis near the fire lines in eager, arizona.

thanks. in the upper plain states tonight, the opposite problem. water and way too much of it. six reservoirs among the mississippi river are full, and there's more to come from record levels of the snowpack that is now melting. now they're releasing some of the water, and seven different states are on a flood watch as a result. miguel almaguer is at a crucial dam in minnesota. that's an incredible sight behind you, miguel. >> reporter: brian, it certainly it. the flow behind me is why so much of the missouri could flood. some 700,000 gallons are pouring out per second. although the rainbow behind me is beautiful, tonight, there is dangerous downriver. surging and still weeks from its crest, the missouri river is threatening to toppleloves and break banks. in nebraska, high water has

forced this nuclear power plant to declare a low-level emergency. meantime, in the dakotas, 20,000 people have been asked to evacuate. steve kokish have lived along the river for 37 years. >> it's hard to take at my age. i'm 78 and can't fight it lm. >> reporter: in missouri and iowa, they sdriven more than 1,000 to higher ground. the hollichuck family is on the move. >> trying to not get grouchy. it's not been fun. >> reporter: with 4,000 members of the national guard, air power and air support strengthen levees where they are weak. half a million sand bags are laid each day, holding back the river, a monumental dask. the missouri is nearly 700 miles long. seven states are in its path of emergency. the river flowed by six dams.

today's record release will be followed by yet another tomorrow. former south dakota governor mike rounds could lose his home. he blames the army corps of engineers for waiting. >> i think their system has to be looked at. we know right now that this should not have happen. i don't want to see it happen again. >> reporter: but the corps said there was no way to predict there would be so much water, of little comfort to evacuees told to leave for at least two months. gaining power, tonight, the missouri is on the move and on the rise. as for the nuclear power plant in nebraska, authorities say there has been no radio activity leak and they insist it's safe back here. the question tonight, brian, will the levees hold? >> such violent water, such a beautiful rainbow behind you. thanks. we turn overseas in iraq. we haven't had news like this in a wheel. five americans were killed in a

rocket attack in baghdad. it's the deadliest single day for the u.s. there since '09, and today, of course, five american families got the worst possible news. and listen to what president obama said today on the war in afghanistan in an interview with hearst helve television. as far as we can tell, he hasn't gone quite this far before. it's about getting americans out of afghanistan and bringing them home. >> riots, killing osama bin laden, getting al qaeda back on its heels, stabilizing much of the country in afghanistan so the taliban can't take it over. it's now time to us for recognize that we have accomplished a big chunk of our mission, and that it's time for the afghans to take more responsibility. >> president obama just today, all of which brings us to our chief foreign correspondent, richard engle. we have him back in new york with us for a brief time. after all, we saw you in the region saturday night.

you hear this from president obama. what do you think, having been a veteran of the region? >> it's clear we were all looking at what was going to happen in july. be were looking for a fast drawdown or a slow drawdown. this is sort of almost a "mission accomplished" speech for afghanistan. he has said, we have killed osama bin laden. it's time for the afghan government to build its own country and the drawdown that's going to start in july is going to be faster than many thought before. >> and i want to show you what the defense secretary robert gates said on his fare well tour of the troops in afghanistan this weekend, talking about how they have weighed so heavy on his mind. >> i think about you every day. i feel your hardship. and your sacrifice. and your burden. and that of your families', more

than you can possibly know. you are, i believe, the best our country has to offer. and you will be in line for hugs and prayers every day for the rest of my life. thank you. >> very emotional. >> yeah, what a hard slog this has been. the news from iraq today. the kind of news we're not used to hearing. and so many americans in so many positions of potential harm. >> there's still 100,000 troops in afghanistan. about 50,000, just under 50,000 in iraq. and those troops are effectively waiting to go home. and it's a terrible sit wash. they were on their bases in eastern baghdad today, rocket attacks came in. and according to the u.s. military, the five american troops were killed. and it's shiite militias that are in iraq that want to give the impression that they are winning this war. they want the last american soldier to leave iraq to be a dead soldier so they can say

they drove american forces out. and it's going to be a power vacuum as american troops leave the shiite militias that are asserting themselves once again, trying to show they're strong, are probably going to try to continue to demonstrate their power. >> while you're here on home leave, we'll borrow you from time to time for this. turning now to politics, pennsylvania senator rick santorum entered the race for the republican race. he leveled attacks on obama on economic and social issues. >> sarah palin is defending her own story of the ride of paul revere after last week giving a story to reporters that differs with histly. this weekend, she insisted she got it right. >> part of his ride was to warn the british that we're already here, hey, you're not going to succeed. you're not going to take american arms. you're not going to beat our own

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>> reporter: he labels it a test of humanity. a test they're passing by the sip, taste, and bite. >> it's a brynnless way to take care of the community. there are tykes times i only hae $2 or $3. >> he said the restaurant is sustainable. it's working because 1 out of every 5 people who come in actually leave more than the suggested donation on the menu board. people like jake and bonnie stop by a couple times a week. >> that's how we survive. more than just serving meals, the company hopes to make longer-lasting contributions. >> we're aren't curing poverty with this, but we're making a difference in the middle class communities we're in. >> including opportunity for youth.

they're graduating their first class from panera. >> you're doing it? >> i'm doing it. >> reporter: a bakery satisfied appetites while creating new bread winners eager for success. ron mott, nbc news, clatden, missouri. >> thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to sue you back here right back here tomorrow evening. good night.