people stranded, lives at risk, in houston, texas, a major american city. a great american city. declared a disaster area. in houston, texas, 8.85 inches of rainfall that broke the previous record from 1976, and i might add in some areas 17 of es of water all a part the tax day floods. 121,000 people without power. mr. speaker, this is significant. but it's also significant to note that this is not the first time. within the last year, 12 months, we had the memorial day flood, similar circumstances, $2 billion in damages. mr. speaker, over the last 20 years we have had at least one day of flooding in houston, texas, that has been called to the attention of the people in washington, d.c. and i'm doing so now. mr. speaker, as bad as these things are, all of these damages that i have called to our attention, there is something more significant, something more meaningful that's happening in houston, texas, and that is lives are being lost. and the tax day flood we lost nine lives, mr. speaker, nine lives. people who left home going to work. assuming that they would drive their cars a

. >>> and the american city plunging into darkness today. the lights out, workers rescued, trapped in elevators across the city. why did the power go out? >>> good evening. and we begin tonight with the tornado watches up at this hour. several states, as we come on, now bracing for what's to come tonight. 30 reported tornadoes in just the past 24 hours. dodge city, kansas, seeing some of the most powerful twisters. and take a look at this. churning clouds splitting into two separate tornadoes. and tonight, the regions in red bring the immediate concern, and authorities say over the next 48 hours, that area of concern will only grow. 35 million americans bracing. abc's phillip mena is in the tornado zone with the stunning images already. >> reporter: officials declaring a tornado emergency. >> big, big tornado on the ground. >> reporter: as a violent outbreak unfolds in the plains. multiple twisters in ford county, kansas, alone. preliminary reports say one at least a half-mile wide. >> it's fixing to barrel that house. >> reporter: veteran s

an american city and the plea for help. >>> good evening. and we begin tonight with that decision from a judge in pennsylvania. bill cosby, once nicknamed america's dad, will now face his first criminal trial for alleged sexual assault. cosby was escorted into the courtroom today, surrounded by cameras, police and in the crowd, some of his supporters. his defense team arguing sometimes shouting that the evidence is not there. abc's linsey davis was in the courtroom. >> reporter: bill cosby greeted fans, waving, but walking into court today, not knowing if the first criminal trial against him would proceed. guided into the courtroom, where a pennsylvania district judge ordered the embat to stand trial on charges of sexual assault. andrea constand, the woman at the heart of the case, who alleges cosby sexually assaulted her, was not present in court today. instead, portions of her statements to pennsylvania detectives from 2005 were read in course, alleging cosby told her to drink wine and take herbal medication before the alleged assault. dur

his 1961 book, "the death and life of american cities," is not about preservation, but it is a widely-red book about why we need to preserve our traditional neighborhoods. she became an advocate for saving pennsylvania station, the new york railroad station that was demolished. that was the spark that led to the preservation act. a lot of writers started to question the urban renewal. >> lyndon johnson was president in 1966. was he a supporter? mr. page: he absolutely was. it was part of the great society program. it was usually around welfare and other things like that. >> how do you see the historic preservation act fitting into the great society? mr. page: if you look broadly at what that program was meant to be, it was saying we need to lift up the people through a broad range of social welfare programs. we also need to beautify the country and maintain our heritage. it was kind of a broad look at what happened. >> what makes a site historically significant? does the act provide criteria? mr. page: this is one of the most complicated and controversial parts. there are four criteria. i

at 5:30 -- >>> coming up, a major american city battling a toxic inferno. the emergency landing in the u.s., severe turbulent, several injured. and a fugitive on the run. authorities with the warning a short time ago, next. >>> and cool in the summer, warm in the winter with almost no energy. new at 6, we'll get a look at a >>> breaking news. a woman in san jose was just rescued from her car after she hit a power pole and live wires fell around her. sky7 hd is live othover the sce. very scary situation. crews had to wait for pg&e to cut the power to the lines before they went in to get her out, of course. the woman is talking with officers right now, probably explaining how she ended up crashing into that pole. >>> hispanic leaders hosted a different kind of cinco de mayo event. it focused on getting latinos more involved in the political pro ves. right now only 41% of religioned registered latinos vote. >> people are angry and upset, and it wakes pex s people up i sense that we don't want the negative stereotypes and profiles to be pushed in the media. we

the unenviable distinction of being america's murder capital: it had the most homicides of any american city last year, with 489. with five men and one woman found shot to death yesterday and another woman fatally stabbed, the city has recorded more than 220 homicides this year and is on track to surpass last year's number. as in recent years, most victims of gun violence are black. correspondent brandis friedman, from chicago's pbs station wttw, reports, the high murder rate has sparked a gradual exodus of the city's black middle class. >> hit me! >> reporter: it's game time at the travis household. >> ooohh, cheaters never win. >> reporter: kyle and carla travis moved with their two children from chicago to the suburb of matteson three years ago. they've been in this house for a year. >> love the neighborhood, plenty of kids. not too far from the school that they go to. >> in matteson, it's a different sense of community to me. definitely one where you see a sense of freedom with students and the kids and whomever to come go as they please. you need to be on a heightened sense of awareness

story of urban america can be written inse the margins from the city's reconsider our biggest failure but if you write a story about an american experience from cleveland and kansas city it gives a good shot at this it tells a very american story. >> to questions. in the conversation about homelessness men are depicted as unsympathetic so can you humanize them a little bit of are they also rational in the system or do we characterize them as enemies? what do you think ethnography does? >> the book works really hard to complicate the relationship between the landlord a and than it will allow ourselves to have a lazy conversation if we just say they are irresponsible or they are greedy she lien. noticed the kids didn't have food and went to the grocer's store to buy food000 ba how many of us would lose by for dollars and be okay with that? they do take it directly she had a firebomb thrown through her office window in sox put down the sink with the water turned on and then move out she also makes it a single month more than what are the mix in a single year and that is the fact. when i lived in day traneight part period thought

. >>> crime rates in major american cities are sky rocketing. why it is pitting them against top officials in the obama administration. >>> u.s. missile shield goes in operation sparking new tensions with russia. where it is up and running and why vladimar putin is none too pleased. >> on behalf of the united states navy, welcome to the naval support facility. today the united states and romania make history in delivering the system to the na nato alliance. plan choices and tools to take control. so they're more engaged, with fewer high health risks and lower medical costs. take control of your health at cigna dot com slash take control. mr. brady, we've been expecting you. will you be needing anything else? no. not a thing. beautyrest black. get your beautyrest. >> a fox news alert. we are seeing the donald trump motorcade away from a law firm in washington d.c. we have told you that he met with paul ryan. speaker of the house and this afternoon, members of the senate and other republican leaders, the secret service crew is hauling mr. trump aw

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sfx: clap, clap, ding >> pelley: a great american city broken to the core. schools closed, water shut off to thousands. also tonight, cruz fights on, but trump eyes a knock-out. >> if we win indiana, it's over. >> pelley: the zika forecast. the virus may be carried further north than first thought. and after a journey out of hell, these lions are rescued from the circus and back in africa. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: detroit is breaking down before our eyes. fundamental systems are failing. today most of its studes

paul has our report. >> reporter: like any american city, oakland has its good and bad spots. but it's the negatives that donald trump is pointing out and upsetting city leaders. >> he is trying to be commander and chief. and she's scared of oakland, i'm not scared of oakland. >> i see oakland moving in a different direction. i don't want to talk about the past, but the future. >> reporter: wednesday, trump was reported as saying in an article, there are places in america that are among the most dangerous in the world, even places like oakland and ferguson. the crime numbers are worse, seriously? >> to make such a mean spirited and ignorant statement about oakland, i couldn't let that stand. >> reporter: that led to the mayor so send this, according to the new york time story, the most dangerous place in america is donald trump's mouth. they ranked oak land the most dangerous city in america in 2013 and 2014. but with growth abconstruction, the city made a change for the better. >> so far, 2016 looks like it might be one of the safest years this city has seen in recent -- has s

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he'll talk about rising homicide rates in american cities. the "washington examiner's" joseph lawler will discuss puerto rico's debt crisis. "washington journal," live tomorrow and every day starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. >>> last year congress passed the medicare access and c.h.i.p. reauthorization act that changes the way the government reimburses medicare providers through value-based health care initiatives, rather than through a fee-for-service payment system. next, the house ways and means subcommittee on health looks ks into the proposed rules for implementing the law. this is just over 90 minutes. >> subcommittee will come to order. good afternoon, everybody. so, we're going to begin. i'm really excited to finally be having this hearing. when i came to congress back in 2001, the sustainable growth rate, or sgr, as we all know it by, provision in the balanced budget act of 1997 was in the process of being implemented. and under this payment formula, any

a major american city battling exploding fireballs, dangerous smoke and flames. thousands were told to shelter in place. we're on the scene tonight. >>> and the state of emergency north of the border. the stunning new images coming in tonight. an entire city in flames. neighbors trying to get out. the fire now larger than new york city. >>> the emergency landing late today. a plane hitting major turbulence. several passengers injured amid images of another flight, slamming into rough air. >>> donald trump tonight. the tweet with his taco bowl, saying, i love hispanics. and the list of names refusing to go to the republican convention. there is also breaking news tonight involving hillary clinton's top aide. >>> and the urgent manhunt for a dangerous fugitive, breaking out of

. >>> murder rates are spiking in some major american cities.ome say cell phone video is making police officers less aggressive. news 4's chris lawrence is looking in to that from the newsroom. >> the fbi director is sparking controversy by linking the rise in homicides with the proliferation of viral video. from chicago to dallas, las vegas to l.a., this murder rate is rising, by a lot. in a short time. an fbi director james comey is worried that officers are so concerned with getting caught on camera they are reluctant to get out of their cars and engage people. he said cell phone video can go viral within hours but the white house is pushing back on the theory. >> still no evidence to substantiate the claim that the increase in violent crime is related to an unwillingness of police officers to do their job. the thing is latest data shows murder rates dropping in several cities, including houston, charlotte and new york city. >> chris lawrence, thank you. >>> after 15 straight days of rain, we finally saw the sun return today. a welcome sight

this is what a once thriving, vibrant city looks like after isis takes control, and the iraqis with american air power take it back. block after block, mile after mile. schools flattened, homes destroyed, bridges blown apart. only some 15,000 families have been able to return to a city that was once home to 1 million. this family of eight, barely getting by. >> it's a bit difficult, electricity, water is very difficult. >> reporter: the city may be liberated, the people are not safe. there are more unexploded bombs and mines here than any place on earth. and it is left to an american company to find them. they do not want their faces shown, but these bomb technicians are trying to clear thousands of hidden bombs that isis left behind. >> what you see coming out of the >> reporter: to clear ramadi, but it will take years, if not decades. >> thank you. >>> now to the zika virus emergency in puerto rico. confirming the first reported case of microcephaly caused by the virus there. >>> now to new jersey and the family hitting the jackpot. a mother and her seven grown children, splitting a prize

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north korea's kim jong-un, who, of course, regularly puts out videos showing nuclear attacks on american cities. our senior political reporter, manu raju is live on capitol hill. trump's statement shocking many, manu. >> reporter: a lot of surprise among republicans on capitol hill. remember in 2008, republicans were criticizing barack obama relentlessly for suggesting he would be open to negotiating without preconditions with iran and other regimes that got a lot of criticism from republicans, and when i got a chance to ask republicans about it today, they were taken aback. including marco rubio, the florida senator, saying that's a bad idea. and i asked, aren't you concerned that your presumptive nominee is espousing these views. and this is what he had to say. he said that trump is not a professional political guy, you know my differences with him. this is not an issue he's dealt with for a long time. so i imagine he's kind of working his way through all of this. and he said hopefully he'll have people around him the whole time that will shed a little bit more light over all of this. now, ou

it was invented in 1879 and really changed the landscape of american cities and life. this was a real failure, this doll. one thing about edison among known as the wizard -- edison, known as the wizard because of his many successes, he also had tremendous failures along the way. and one of them was this doll, which was remarkable for its time because it was a talking doll. when it was invented in 1890's, it is one of the first applications of recorded sound in children's toys. you can see here, this is basically a very small several otherh people's inventions, and it is shrunk down to fit inside. a child with cricket -- crank it from the back and it would saying one nursery rhyme -- sing one nursery rhyme. these dolls would have had hair. ours is stripped down. the problem with this, there were several, but one of them was it was incredibly expensive. than thewhich was more average family or average consumer could spend. it was a very high-priced item. but the worst thing was it just did not work. fell off, or the sound did not work. and if the sound did work, it was a

. >>> alarming rise in murders in some big american cities. what the fbi director thinks might be behind it. >>> emergency room shocker. first, a medical crisis. then a crisis from the bill. how to protect yourself from a painful surprise. >>> and a dream come true for a woman and her seven children. claiming a $430 million jackpot, and wait until you hear how she picked those winning numbers. >>> "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm thomas roberts in tonight for lester. >>> in a campaign season at times full of bizarre twists and turns, tonight may be one of the strangest developments yet centering on a 25-year-old audiotape. on it, a man claiming to represent donald trump, talking to a "people" magazine reporter bragging about the billionaire's business dealings and dating life with famous women. but was it actually trump himself? the "washington post" released the audio and this morning trump emphatically denied it was

americans are at risk for severe weather. >> storms likely to go well past dark tonight, from kansas city to st. louis, and likely including little rock as well. tornadoes are not out of the question. >> reporter: the menacing slow-moving line of storms is slogging east after producing wild weather over the weekend. >> mike, i can't see any debris. that's going to be a tornado right there. a wide cone right now. >> reporter: this brief tornado near marlow, oklahoma, and in lawton, flash floods and high winds stranded drivers in their cars. in west texas, pounding hail up to the size of baseballs, while this twister was spotted in kansas. the sprawling system also spawned tornadoes across colorado. slicing through this neighborhood. >> shocking. it's shocking. unbelievable. >> reporter: but apparently giving this prom picture a stunning backdrop. in arizona, flagstaff blanketed with snow in the spring. but rain and hail nearby blamed for two deaths on i-40. tonight the storms are roaring through oklahoma, marching east. tornado watches are in effect across several states and for many communities

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>>> the overpass collapse in a major american city. >>> and, we remember a sunday night giant -- morley safer. >>> good evening. we begin tonight with the breaking developments in the mystery of egyptair flight 804. disappearing after taking off from paris. the main question, was it terror that brought it down? the major clues, 66 passengers and crew onboard, 3 of them children. new images of the search for debr debris. authorities said it made a sharp turn, plunging 37,000 feet into the sea. tonight, families in cairo grieving. david kerley takes us step by step through the final moments of this flight. >> reporter: just in tonight these scenes -- the scouring of the surface of the mediterranean sea looking for any sign of egyptair flight 804. a u.s. military aircraft aiding in the search. and early suggestions that debris was discovered, tonight discounted tonight by greek search crews. this is the jetliner which fell out of the sky with no distress call. the late night flight boarded 56 passengers and 10 crew, including 3 air marshals, taking off from paris' charles de gaulle airport

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from new york, here's scott >> pelley: a great american city broken to the core. closed, water shut off to thousands. also tonight, cruz fights on, but trump eyes a knock-out. >> if we win indiana, it's over. >> pelley: the zika forecast. the virus may be carried further north than first thought. and after a journey out of hell, these lions are rescued from the circus and back in africa. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: detroit is breaking down before our eyes. fundamental systems are failing. today most of its students could nogo

what impressed many is that he talked with about the homeless problem in american cities and in san francisco. one woman said that was the first time she'd heard a presidential candidate mention that problem. he earned her vote. and she said she shook hands with senator sanders. and now she doesn't plan to watch her hands soon. >>> a black bear will be soon back in the wild after roaming a neighborhood today. authorities spent several hours trying to catch up with the young male as it navigated streets to one homeowner spotted it tangling with her dogs. >> started screaming in my bedroom. i was getting ready to go to the gym. just started screaming and the bear jumped over the gates. >> wildlife officers tranquilized it. they say it's been tagged and will be in the wild very soon. >> well, let's turn to our weather. spencer is looking at someplaces getting cooler today. >> feeling the bern a little bit inland. cooling will continue. we have still, mainly sunny skies. breezy near the coast and here is the view from our camera. looking out over the bay. these are the locations on the bay. breez

the incandescent bulb was invented in 1879 and really changed the landscape of american cities and life. this doll was a real failure. one of the interesting things about edison, a man known as the wizard of menlo park for his more than 1000 patents and his many successes, he also had a tremendous failure along the way. and it was this doll, which was remarkable for its time because it was a talking doll. when it was invented in 1890's, it is one of the first applications of recorded sound in children's toys. you can see here, this is basically a very small phonograph with a wax cylinder. edison and several other people's inventions. to fit shrunk down inside the dall. -- the doll. a child would crank this from the back and it would sing one nursery rhyme. you can hear it through the perforated chest of the dall. these dolls would have had hair. they would have had clothing on. ours is a little bit stripped down. -- problem with this actually, there were several. one of them was it was incredibly expensive. it was $10 to $20, which was more than the average family or average consumer co

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>> pelley: a great american city broken to the core. schools closed, water shut off to thousands. also tonight, cruz fights on, but trump eyes a knock-out. >> if we win indiana, it's over. >> pelley: the zika forecast. the virus may be carried further north than first thought. and after a journey out of hell, these lions are rescued from the circus and back in africa. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: detroit is breaking down before our eyes. fundamental systems are failing. today most of its studes not go to school, and the water taps are about to be turned off to thousands. dean reynolds tells us why. [chanting] >> reporter: thousands of detroit teachers walked off their jobs today in a wage dispute, forcing 94 out of 97 city schools to close and leaving more than 47,000 students out of class. ivy bailey is the interim teachers' union president. >> june 30th we're being told that our school system is basically broke. >> reporter: the one-day sick-out was

a major american city battling exploding fireballs, dangerous smoke and flames. thousands were told to shelter in place. we're on the scene tonight. >>> and the state of emergency north of the border. the stunning new images coming in tonight. an entire city in flames. neighbors trying to get out. the fire now larger than new york city. >>> the emergency landing late today. a plane hitting major turbulence. several passengers injured amid images of another flight, slamming into rough air. >>> donald trump tonight. the tweet with his taco bowl, saying, i love hispanics. and the list of names refusing to go to the republican convention. there is also breaking news tonight involving hillary clinton's top aide. >>> and the urgent manhunt for a dangerous fugitive, breaking surveillance. authorities talking moments ago. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and two major fires we've been tracking all day. first, that toxic inferno in houston. at one point, thousands told to shelter in place. black smoke from the fire blowing acr

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charles: but the bottom line is over the years we've seen hundreds of american cities become sanctuaryities. i know there's a political end to it, but i don't think it does moral justification for it. >> absolutely not. not only is this not law abiding, this is insanity. if you look at the statistics, time and time again statistic after statistic shows much higher risk of crime from the illegal immigrantness that the general population. fox itself did a study a couple of years ago, found illegal immigrants were more than three times more likely to commit murder, not just a crime, murder, than the general population. we have a real problem, and to lisa's point, this is why a candidate is getting a lot of rise. people have to feel secure and protected at home first. charles: i want to switch topics, hillary has mail, e-mail, and e-mail problems. the long-awaited results from the state department inspector general concluded what we all kind of knew, she failed to comply with the agency's policies with regard to recording and preserving personal stuff on the e-mail server. now the big ques