. >>> the world is his oyster harry smith on the entrepreneur bringing a long lost tradition back to his city >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. i'm kate snow in for lester tonight for four hours today, former president trump was deposed inside the offices of the new york attorney general, called to answer questions in a civil probe looking at trump organization's business practices and whether it exaggerated their finances but mr. trump answered only one question -- his name his lawyer saying he invoked his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination over and over again. the deposition separate and apart from the fbi search of trump's mar-a-lagoeek of scru home is the latest chapter of intense week of scrutiny for the former president as he contemplates another run for president, stirring outrage among his supporters and complicating matters for investigators. kelly o'donnel starts us off from washington >> reporter: deposition day in new york for former president donald trump. >> how do you feel, mr. trump? how do you feel? >> reporter:

harry smith on the potential medical breakthrough can the key to fighting alcohol addiction be found in hallucinogenic mushrooms >>> and hurricane andrew 30 years later. our correspondent was on the ground as the monster stor came ashore and how it changed florida forever. not done yet. >> announcer: this is "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone not done yet the same weather system that brought a drenching thousand-year storm to the dallas area this week now threatening the same in the southeast. pummeling central and southern mississippi with near historic rain amounts, since this morning 6 to 12 inches have fallen across the area, triggering dangerous flash floods, cutting off neighborhoods and requiring evacuations, including dozens of residents escorted from an assisted living facility tonight some 5 million people across the southeast are under flood watches. blayne alexander reports. >> reporter: tonight in parts of central mississippi, the scenes are dire a desperate evacuation, dozens of elderly residents rushed from a nursing home as floodwaters rush in.

are they connected >>> the countdow to liftoff for nasa's return to the moon >>> and harry's smith on the end of the road for two american classics >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening over 93 million covid cases in today came a stunning admission from the head of the cdc. "in our big moment our performance did not reliably meet expectations." with her agency still confronting not just the pandemic but evolving threats including monkeypox and a troubling reappearance of polio, cdc director dr. rochelle walensky acknowledging the cdc's poor messaging and at times confusing guidance all this as she kicks off a sweeping overhaul of the agency including a bid to arm it with new powers the reckoning coming on the heels of an internal review of the cdc. the immediate challenges couldn't be anymore urgent as demand grows for monkeypox vaccine doses, as well as experts monitoring the awakening of a dangerous disease long thought to have been defeated i get reaction from the white house covid response coordinator in just a moment, but first, our report from gabe gu

. >>> plus, harry smith takes a trip down memory lane with a stop at stuckey's, a stop for root trippingilies across the country. >>> a sunday sitdown with one of hollywood's brightest rising stars, ariana debose, who plays anita in "west side story" on her rise through broadway, to getting the nomination at this year's oscars. >> when i was a kid, i watched oscars. everybody says, i would like to thank the academy. i would sit on the floor and mouth the words, i would like to thank the academy. >> did you? >> i did. i really did. >> that sitdown with ariana debose plus a life well lived on later. >>> let's start with the awful scene in pennsylvania. a car drove into people who gathered for a fund-raiser. george, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. here is what's left behind after that horrific scene plays out. the event saturday meant to heal a community coping with heartbreak. two dead, 17 injured, with the man responsible now in custody. this morning, the community of berwick, pennsylvania, in mourning, left reeling by tragedies in two counties. >> i have a car into a crowd of pe

harry smith reports on the new efforts to honor their legacy >> reporter: we're looking at a rocky bluff near the area the navajo call the center of the world. last week, this ground was blessed as a place where the past will be honored. making way for a museum where future generations will learn. how important is it for you to get that museum built up there? >> very important, not just to me, but to the 400 plus who served or were certified as navajo code talkers. >> reporter: navajo code talkers, young marine volunteers, whose language was invaluable to the corps in world war ii. >> each division had at least 80 navajo code talkers that enemy would not understand, what never understand what in the world is being planned. >> reporter: among them, 94-year-old peter mcdonald, who lied about his age and enlisted at 15 in the thick of the action, on island assault after island assault, the navajo code talkers radioed back critical information in their native tongue. >> we never knew there was such a thing as tanks or battleship cruisers, destroyer, aircraft carriers. so we named those diffe

but all that quiet is no replacement for -- harry smith, nbc news, new york >>> a young cancer survivor emma cranston received life-saving treatment in oregon. she started her emma's doughn ♪good vibes by moa l.m. munoz & ryan t. short♪ ♪♪ ♪bout to get down, living it up♪ ♪never touch ground, never enough♪ ♪bout to get down, living it up♪ ♪never touch ground, never enough♪ ♪got me feeling good♪ ♪vibes♪ ♪♪ ♪got me feeling good♪ ♪vibes♪ ♪♪ ♪everything's everything's alright alright♪ get a free storage upgrade and case when you pre-order. >>> the problems are structural. the problems are things that marginalize people across generations. >> right now at 4:30, feeling the heat from inflation. we break down the latest numbers and why experts say some racial groups are impacted more than others. >>> also, tips to help you and your family make it in the bay. >>> demanding justice. the family of alexis gay meets face-to-face with prosecutors. relatives believe someone walking free right now should be charged. >>> a live look outside on this thursday morning. a weird mix of

here's harry smith. >> reporter: anyone who knows him would tell you john costas should be dead by nowe dead by -- 30 was a popular number. >> reporter: alcohol was killing him. it got an early start. >> probably around 12 was my first drink. >> reporter: soon getting drunk was not enough. >> my first aa meeting was at 16. >> reporter: 16. >> 16. as a sophomore in high school. >> reporter: aa didn't work. nor did any other rehab. doctors told costas he was drinking himself to death. >> because even when i stopped drinking, i was miserable. i wanted to drink. and when i was drinking, i didn't want to drink so and those were the only two worlds that i knew. >> reporter: his last hope, he says, psilocybin a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. >> i was terrified of psychedelics i never touched them. >> reporter: yet, he signed up for a double-blind study with 92 other participants, at nyu langone health, incorporating psychotherapy and psilocybin the results very promising more than 80% who were given the psychedelic treatment drastically reduced their drinking 48% were completely abs

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nbc's harry smith has more. >> reporter: this is a handle of alcohol. few ounces short of a half gallon of booze. >> something you would bring to party. i would drink one of those by myself. >> reporter: john costas started drinking in his early teens, getting drunk become the number one thing on his mind. >> you're constantly thinking about where your next drink is going to come from. >> reporter: aa didn't work, nor did any other rehab. his doctors told him alcohol was killing him. his last hope, he says, psilocybin, the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. >> i was terrified of psychedelics. i never touched them. >> reporter: he joined a double blind study incorporating psychotherapy and psilocybin at nyu langone health. in all, there were 93 participants. the results, very promising. more than 80% who were given the psychedelic treatment drastically reduced their drinking. 48% were completely abstinent eight months after receiving their first dose. >> their improvement was evident immediately during the month after the first dose of psilocybin.

here's nbc's harry smith >> reporter: this is a handle of alcohol. a few ounces short of a half gallon of booze. >> something you bring to a party. i would drink one of those by myself >> reporter: jon kostas started drinking in his early teens. getting drunk became the number one thing on his mind. >> you're constantly thinking about where your next drink's going to come from >> reporter: aa didn't work. nor did any other rehab. his doctors told him alcohol was killing him. his last hope, he says psilocybin a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. >> i was terrified of psychedelics i never touched them >> reporter: yet he joined a double blind study incorporating psychotherapy and psilocybin at nyu langone health in all, there were 93 participants the results very promising more than 80% who were given the psychedelic treatment drastically reduced their drinking 48% were completely abstinent eight months after receiving their first dose >> their improvement was evident immediately during the month after the first dose of psilocybin >> reporter: dr

here is nbc's harry smith. >> reporter: the dodge charger is one of those cars that had us at hello.the pantheon of muscle cars, it's styling stood out. and its performance fermentable. steve mcqueen and his mustang gt flying through the streets of san francisco pursuing an equally fearsome dodge charger, driven by stuntman bill hickma , in the movie bullet. we want, said many. born in the 1960s, muscle cars were the everyman's answer to the foreign sports car and even american sports models, like the corvette and the thunderbird. less flash, more grit. alas, cars like the charger and it's equally aggressive cousin, the challenger, are to be discontinued. the reason? too much fuel consumption making them a burden for a car brand in need of lowering its epa fleet mile per gallon average. rumor is, the cars may come back in an electric version, but all that quiet is no replacement. for the news, i am harry smith. >> a lot of those electric cars are very quiet. >>> there have been a lot of movies hitting box office gold of the past few months and they have something in common. they are

. >>> the world is his oyster harry smith on the entrepreneur bringing a long lost tradition back to>> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. i'm kate snow in for lester tonight for four hours today, former president trump was deposed inside the offices of the new york attorney general, called to answer questions in a civil probe looking at trump organization's business practices and whether it exaggerated their finances

harry smith on the potential medical breakthrough can the key to fighting alcohol addiction be foundhallucinogenic mushrooms >>> and hurricane andrew 30 years later. our correspondent was on the ground as the monster stor came ashore and how it changed florida forever. not done yet. >> announcer: this is "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone not done yet the same weather system that brought a drenching thousand-year storm to the dallas area this week now threatening the same in the southeast. pummeling central and southern mississippi with near historic rain amounts, since this morning 6 to 12 inches have fallen across the area, triggering dangerous flash floods, cutting off neighborhoods and requiring evacuations, including dozens of residents escorted from an assisted living facility

here is harry smith. >> this is a handle of alcohol.ew ounces short of a half gallon of booze. >> something you bring to a party. i would drink one of those by myself. >> john costa started drinking in his early teens. getting drunk can be number one thing on his mind. >> you are constantly thinking about where your next drink will come from. >> aa did not work, nor did any other we hadhim. his last hope, he says, psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelidoctors oms.told him, alcohol was killing him. his last hope, he says, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. >> i was terrified of psychedelics. i never touched them. >> yet, he joined a double blind study incorporating cycle they are. in all, there are 93 participants, the results, very promising. more than 80% were given the psychedelic treatment drastically reduced their drinking. 48% were completely abstinent eight months after receiving their first dose. >> there improvement was evident immediately during the month after the first dose. >> dr. michael headed the study. >> the

are they connected >>> the countdow to liftoff for nasa's return to the moon >>> and harry's smith on end of the road for two american classics >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening over 93 million covid cases in today came a stunning admission from the head of the cdc. "in our big moment our performance did not reliably meet expectations." with her agency still co

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this is "the faulkner focus" and i'm sandra smith in for harris today. the president is expected to cancel up to $10,000 in debt for borrowers who make less than $125,000 a year. republican critics are outraged. senator tom cotton tweeted biden is telling every college in america to raise tuition by $10,000. senator rick scott says if dems want solutions here is one. stop wasting taxpayer dollars and start holding institutions accountable for student outcomes. former trump senior counselor kellyanne conway with this. >> it also is a complete farce that they already passed something misnamed as the inflation reduction act and turn around and going to make inflation worse. we are making things more expensive because they continue to spend money that we don't have on things that we don't need. >> let's dig into the real cost of this bail-out. according to a budget model a one-time cancellation of $10,000 per borrower would cost $300 billion. but if the white house -- it wipes out $50,000 per borrower that price tag jumps to $980 billion. sometimes the numbe

i'm sandra smith in for harris today. mid-terms front and center the president hitting the trail but not so much in the way of unity. plenty of harsh words toward republicans and a big push to convince voters that his party has your security top of mind. >> president biden: too many families haven't had that peace of mind. they see hate, anger, violence walking the streets of america. and they just want to feel safe again. they want to feel a sense of security. when it comes to public safety in this nation, the answer is not defund the police. it is fund the police. [cheering and applause] >> republicans say actions speak louder than words. >> this is just a blatant kind of pathetic political stunt in the run-up in the mid-terms. if he is serious about law and order and wants the take on supporting the police. instead of trying the cheap spin on republicans that he knows backs our law enforcement, how about he have some courage and take on the left that wants to defund police unapologetically? >> the nationwide crime cris

. >> i want to thank all of you for coming out and i want to thank our panelists adam harris and clint smith for a wonderful discussion. [applause] >> where a moment where several people from america think the country is on the wrong track but but this is not just the sentiment has not just existed in thisbut this time it has existed and grown over the last couple of administration so the country feels we have got to do something different. we are the most powerful nation that has ever existed. capitalism has uplifted people to achieve heights that were previously unimaginable and we have to make sure that this continues and with getting away is the inability because of political gridlock within washington d.c. and that is metastasized to the state capitols and city councils and such. poor us and for me it's this notion that america has become exceptional when we play a role and we lead and the world is going to connect. when my man george washington gave his farewell address and said watch out for other countries the world was there a different back then. we elected officials and people in

this is "the faulkner focus" and i'm sandra smith in for harris today.itics are outraged. senator tom cotton tweeted biden is telling every college in america to

i'm sandra smith in for harris today.f harsh words toward republicans and a big push to convince voters that his party has your security top of mind.

harris. let's bring in liz smith, who is a veteran political consultant, author of a new book, any given tuesday. elizabeth, it's good to talk to you as we're watching this historic moment. senator schumer taking this victory lap, with the passage of this legislation, this monumental legislation. it's been quite a clip for democrats over the last few months or so, the lead up of course to the midterms. talk about this moment and your reaction so far to what we've been seeing. >> for the last couple of months there's been this narrative setting in about joe biden that he's weak, that he's an effective, that he wasn't able to deliver on his promise of getting bipartisan results for the american people. in the last three weeks he has completely obliterated that narrative. you know, we had the chips act come through, which is a massive investment in american manufacturing that allows us to compete with china. we have the killing of zawahiri, which was the biggest victory in the war on terror since osama bin laden was killed ten years ago. now we have this massive bipartisan reconciliation bill, whic

smith. >> reporter: the united states supreme court and the dobbs decision did something that is unheard of in our country. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris returned to san francisco today for a round table discussion with some of the state's most important political leaders about what comes next after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. the bay area native opened the meeting by criticizing those states who immediately added new abortion bans in the wake of the row decision. >> but not in california. because here we have leaders who understand the importance of the principles upon which our nation was founded. >> reporter: before a round table began, harris highlighted reproductive rights in california, along with the effort of abortion rights advocates, local, and state leaders. >> to our national leaders to talk about how we can continue to do what has been happening here, which is to fight for the rights of women. >> reporter: some pointed out the confusion in the patchwork of laws by state and touted the clear message from the golden state. >> together with my legislative colleagues, we are moving 13 bills to increase, expand an

harry doherty was the attorney general, he has been called a handler. that is not exactly true. jesse smithas also from ohio. they were running a scam in the justice department where they were selling government duties. -- goodies. you can buy a pardon, liquor license. you can do things like that. good old-fashioned corruption. jesse smith was the main one involved in that. these two guys lives together in a house on h street in washington. they also rented another house known as the little green house on k street, that is where all the wheeling and dealing took place. according to secret service, harding never went to the little green house. he went to the h street house a few times, but not the house where the shenanigans were taking place. harding confronted jesse smith. he said we found out what was going on. he said you are going to be arrested in the morning, get your affairs in order. smith went home, burned his papers and killed himself. susan: before he died, did harding confront doherty? ryan: not to my knowledge. when he died he was on his westward tour, that is when he found out

smith goes to washington" or "all the president's men," it all seems so noble and dignified i can't imagine there's old newsreel footage of harryn moving around to a village people song. ♪ it's fun to sta at the ymca ♪ ♪ it's fun to sta at the ymca ♪ >> seth: for example, the news found a way to get even dumber this week when newly released excerpts from a deposition revealed that donald trump said he was afraid that protesters during the 2016 election would throw dangerous fruits at him during a rally in transcripts of an october 2021 deposition filed in court on tuesday, the twice-impeached former president insisted tomatoes, pineapples, and bananas can be very dangerous weapons that justify violent acts of self-defense "they were going to throw fruit," he claimed "and you get hit with fruit, it's no -- it's very violent stuff. we were on alert for that, to stop somebody from throwing pineapples, tomatoes, bananas, stuff like that. it's dangerous stuff." "and that's why we had the security guards. now, me, i wanted to use some very highly specialized fruit ninjas i said, let's do ninjas, because they had the fruit swords. but

harry edwards started prior to the olympics. and he was absolutely in australia for that. and wasn'tut outcast. and only after he died, he died in 2006 carlos and smithere both pallbearers by the way. in both religious. twelve the australian parliament actually formally apologized too his family for the way he had been treated. so, they all knew. colin kaepernick knew when he sat in knelt in the anthem it was going to have consequences. and it ended up costing him his career as we know. i thought maybe roger goodell get on the phone to somebody and say hire brian floors right now to head off the lawsuit. but it did not happen. i think the chances are very good brian floors will never work in the nfl again. and he is only 40 years old but he should be going into the peak years of his coaching career. maybe he will end up as a college coach somewhere. i think there's aer good chance his nfl career is over. and if so, sure he should be viewed as a martyr, a professional martyr. >> will be interesting with deion sanders at jackson state doug williams coach before. we see prominent nfl names coaching at hbcus historically black colleges in the future. i w

part of that harry edwards had started prior to the olympics and he was absolutely hillary in australia for that and and was an outcast and only after he died. he died in 2006 carlos and smith were both paul bearers by the way and both eulogists in 2012 the australian parliament actually formally apologized to his family for the way. he had been treated so they all knew. colin kaepernick knew when he sat and then knelt for the anthem that it was going to have consequences and it ended up costing him his career as we know and i don't know. i thought maybe. that roger goodell would get on a phone to somebody and say hi or brian flores right now to try to head off the lawsuit. but it didn't happen and i think chances are very good. brian flores will never work in the nfl again. and he's only 40 years old. he should be going into the peak years of his coaching career. maybe he'll end up as a college coach somewhere, but i i think there's a good chance as nfl careers over and if so sure he should be he should be viewed as a martyr a professional martyr. it would be interesting is if you know with with dion sanders at jackson state now and hugh jackson and grambling doug williams